Sorry but it's really not. The translation allows some of the language to become even more stale than Marquez has intended. I'm not sure if in Marquez's minds eye it was planned as a novella, or if he just became as bored with writing it as I was reading it. Chronicle of a death foretold is amazing, One hundred years of solitude a triumph and Death in the time of cholera a master class in written picture building but this is just dross which has been published because of who the author is. I don't feel the ending is shocking, I think it's lazy. Perhaps it's just me, maybe it is the amazing piece of work other reviewers think but maybe it's not and I'm right - and there's more than a… Read more
Being residents of Bodmin Moor we think of ourselves more like Farmer Tregaskis than the other characters but my little boys (4 & 2) love this simple book. They love spotting the places we know and love the pictures of Tregeagle and Germoe! The Cornish translation is great, as far as my limited knowledge goes, and I could see the various themes discussed in this book being brilliant for garnering interest and introducing topics in primary school . Highly recommended.
