Reading groupGabriel García Márquez This article is more than 6 years oldGabriel García Márquez: working magic with 'brick-faced' realismThis article is more than 6 years oldOne Hundred Years of Solitude’s author took cues from Kafka – and his grandmother – to tell an impossible story that disarms the reader’s scepticism
When asked how he started writing fiction, Gabriel García Márquez told the Paris Review that it began with Kafka’s The Metamorphosis: “The first line almost knocked me off the bed.
However, Al Jazeera’s Step Vaessen, reporting from Tenggulun, said that there had been relatively few disturbances.
“Thousands have gathered here to pay their respects, and it has been quite calm,” she said.
“There were fears of revenge attacks, but there have not been any serious attacks in Indonesia for a long time, and the government has cracked down on militant groups.”
In Serang, the body of Imam Samudra was taken from his wife’s home to a mosque, where about 1,000 people gathered to see the body.
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