
Prof Dr Mohd Faiz Abdullah
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Prof Dr Mohd Faiz Abdullah
@Professor_Faiz
Chairman of ISIS Malaysia















Until August (Gabriel Garcia Marquez) On the flight home from Hamburg, after a hectic, punishing but highly productive official visit to Germany, I read Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s posthumous novel - Until August. Saddled with the voluminous reports and briefs that are foisted on a PM to peruse - and digest - it’s an amazing feat that I could actually finish reading this latest and the very last of Gabo’s literary treasures! The fact that it’s only about 130 pages, substantive notes included, helped considerably although I’m not making excuses for slacking off in my reading regimen. ‘Until August’ is a fine read albeit failing to rise to the lofty heights of Gabo’s greatest but I’m not complaining: the classic traits of a great novel still remain, particularly the art of spinning the yarn. It’s the kind of story telling that renders us captive and unable to put the book down. Reminds me of Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Leggo, ergo sum!
















