Paperback edition of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" arrives in Japan | Video

Tokyo, Jun 26 (EFE).- The first Japanese paperback edition of Colombian Nobel laureate Gabriel García Márquez's "One Hundred Years of Solitude" hit Japanese bookstores on Wednesday.

This launch marks a growing interest in Latin American literature in Japan, in particular this cult classic.

Japanese readers gathered in front of the famous Kinokuniya bookstore in Tokyo's Shinjuku district to be among the first to buy the new paperback edition, which has been eagerly awaited for years. (Camera: EDURNE MORILLO).

FOOTAGE OF THE KINOKUNIYA BOOKSTORE IN THE SHINJUKU DISTRICT DURING THE SALE OF THE FIRST PAPERBACK EDITION OF "ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE" BY COLOMBIAN NOBEL LAUREATE GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ IN TOKYO, JAPAN.

SOUND BITES: SHO FURUKAWA, A 20-YEAR-OLD STUDENT OF LITERATURE AND ITALIAN.

TRANSLATION: It's a work that is used as material for university classes, and I thought I'd like to read it someday. Now that it's been published in a different paperback edition, I feel like I might read it now.

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Date: 26/06/2024 07:58 (UTC)
Credit: EFE
Source: EFE
Topic: Arts, culture and entertainment » Culture (general)
Arts, culture and entertainment » Literature
Arts, culture and entertainment
Type: Rough cut
Duration: 240 seconds
Reference: 55013977518
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