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There is a scene in 100 years of solitude[0] where a background character (the butcher? Or baker?) dies, and while in his house they find crates and crates fill
by dmbche 3y ago
There is a scene in 100 years of solitude[0] where a background character (the butcher? Or baker?) dies, and while in his house they find crates and crates filled with thousands of sheets of papers, all covererd in handwriting. I think they don't even check what it is, if it's a journal or something else. They move on.
Kinda stuck with me.
Also, don't know why, but this makes me think of filmmakers using salt mines to store film negatives! [1]
[0]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Hundred_Years_of_Solitude https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Hundred_Years_of_Solitud...
[1]:https://www.agweb.com/news/business/technology/hidden-underground-how-one-kansas-town-key-preserving-movie-industrys https://www.agweb.com/news/business/technology/hidden-underg...
- leononame 3y agoI don't remember this specific scene, but I want to give a shout-out for this book. It was an incredible experience reading it for the first time and it's filled to the brink with scenes that just stuck with me and caused a lasting impression. It's not the easiest read, but imo it's not a tough one either like e.g. Proust or Moby Dick. I devoured it in no time and just can't recommend it enough.