This week on Book Stop, Suneetha Balakrishnan discusses Gabriel García Márquez, the renowned novelist, and his most recent book, "Until August.". His last novel was published a decade after Márquez's death. After Márquez's death in 2014, multiple drafts, notes, and chapters of the last novel he attempted to write were kept in his archives at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin.

It was from there that his kids discovered 'until August', and they decided to publish it. He finished this book in his last years, struggling with words and letters as his memory gradually faded. He wrote at least five drafts of it himself. He made multiple edits and rewrites. Ultimately, he decided never to publish it. But nevertheless, his children released this work in spite of Marquez's decision.

However, there was a wave of both expectation and criticism over "until August" in the literary world. People who love Márquez, including Salman Rushdie, are deeply concerned about the book. And why is that?

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Book StopBy The FourthNov 12, 2022