Summary
Gabriel García Márquez: From the Road to Eastern Europe
"From the Road to Eastern Europe" is a chronicle, a testimony from a trip to socialist countries that the young Gabriel García Márquez went to in the 1950s. On these pages, the reader will find, together with the observations of Marquez's companions, a lucid analysis of the social and political events of an era, not entirely devoid of irony. His journey through the communist enclave begins in East Germany and continues through Czechoslovakia, Poland, Hungary and the former Soviet Union. There, they will try to tear off the veil that hides the true face of communism, whose creator is Lenin: and they will reveal to us the Kafkaesque regime that the terrified people, already completely reconciled to their own fate, hardly question at all. This reportage - written and published in sequels at the same time as the legendary "Story of the Shipwrecked" - is another valuable example of serious research work, historical accuracy and credibility of the presented facts, on which top journalism actually rests. With his undeniable literary mastery, Marquez shows again and again the true and deepest aspiration of his calling: to tell a good story. "I didn't want to meet the Soviet Union with make-up and combed hair, dressed up to welcome guests." States, like women, should be known at dawn, when they just wake up and get out of bed." Gabriel García Márquez
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