Chronicle of a Death Foretold

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1. hankchinaskiOct 2022
   A chronicle of a death foretold
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2. mcphageSep 2021
   "Chronicle of a Death Foretold", by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, for people unfamiliar. It’s a very good short book.
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3. ch4s3Apr 2014
   "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" (Crónica de una muerte anunciada) is a beautiful piece of fiction, and hugely influential. When I first read it, suddenly a number of other books and films seemed to spring from this single point of inspiration.
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4. msgJun 2011
   Never read Chronicle of a Death Foretold?

   In programming, do you have to worry about phonology, slang, or number agreement?

   The guy's deeper point is that programming is a language acquisition task and we would do well to take the rich set of lessons from ESL and foreign language learning and apply them to CS learning. Will all of it stick? No. But there is fertile green field to plow here.

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5. jakevoytkoOct 2010
   If you liked "Atlas Shrugged", you will love "East of Eden" by George Steinbeck. It has some passages on self-determination that puts anything found in Rand to shame. It's a tome, and it starts slow - do yourself a favor and make it through the introduction of one of the villains, Kathy (chapter 8 or so). It doesn't slow down after that.

   "The Watchmen" by Alan Moore. It may be a graphic novel, but the issues it raises on ethics and morality are chilling. I still think about the ending every now and then, and I haven't read it in over a year.

   "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee. In addition to the primary themes on class, race, and the killing of innocents, it has an interesting thread on living with your own moral code.

   "Catch 22" by Joseph Heller. Ostensibly a satire of the military, this is a good self-reflection on the American soul (circa 1961).

   "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!". The life of a Nobel winning physicist and renowned professor doesn't have to be boring.

   "Everything is Illuminated" by Jonathan Safran Foer. The premise is too complicated to describe here, but it really delves into the cruelty and self-protectionism of the human heart. Plus, its hysterical!

   "Slaughterhouse Five" by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Describes the horror of war and the effect it has on the rest of your life.

   "Chronicle of a Death Foretold" by Gabriel Garcia Marques. Tells the story of a murder that everyone in town knew would happen, but nobody tried to stop.

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6. redzediSep 2026
   1. "Shadow of the torturer" + "Claw of the Conciliator" -- The Book of the New Sun, Gene Wolfe 2. "Chronicle of a Death foretold" , Gabriel Garcia Marzquez 3. "Piranesi" , Susanna Clarke 4. "Ananda Math" , Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
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