Gregory Rabassa does a phenomenal job with the translation. My spanish is decent enough to have read a few of Marquez's books in the original language, but not

Gregory Rabassa does a phenomenal job with the translation. My spanish is decent enough to have read a few of Marquez's books in the original language, but not good enough to appreciate them as much as I did in English. I'd recommend starting with "El Colonel que no Tiene que Escribe". It was used in my AP Spanish class in high school and is short enough so you don't get frustrated with the slow going of reading in a new language.