Viva Gabo!
Although some of the stories in this collection seem to be vignettes at best, they share a common thread of characters and themes that run throughout. It is interesting to see perspectives change from story to story in this fictional Marquez town. It’s fun to see characters from other stories make appearances/cameos, sometimes without being named. I do note that Marquez has an affinity for certain things, most notably “patent leather shoes” and “the shade of an almond tree.” Also, all his stories had some presence of an animal, usually alive or dead but seldom both, leading me to wonder about the significance of their appearances. There are so many things to talk about with this collection of short stories, but reviews have a limited word count. I appreciate that this audiobook uses multiple narrators, lending a diversity of voices to a collection of stories featuring diverse characters.