The Butterfly Effect on Love

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renqiulan
楼主 (文学城)

What never fails to turn me and my wife on is the butterfly effect of ”One Hundred Years of Solitude,‘’ a novel by Gabriel García Márquez.

Once opened, every page instantly morphs into a multitude of paper-thin wings.

Before we know it, countless yellow butterflies have already been fluttering around a character who must be Márquez's avatar. Yes, that happens in the novelist's world of magical realism.

In the story, all these mysterious butterflies come from South America. In fact, everywhere else can also be a dreamland for Márquezian butterflies.

Speaking of which, once done with reading, this young couple can't help but start making each other feel fuzzy and warm inside --- idiomatically, we're giving each other butterflies.

Let butterflies own magical realism. Let us own butterflies.


Author: renqiulan 

 

 

 

 

 

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renqiulan
99 楼
Thanks, godog!
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godog
98 楼
Nice essay. One of my favorite novels
蓝灵
97 楼
Happy Tuesday! 谢谢小西,问好!
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renqiulan
96 楼
The pleasure was mine. Have a good one!
盈盈一笑间
95 楼
谢谢Oona 鼓励。抱抱。:))

 

🛋️ 沙发板凳

盈盈一笑间
百年孤独里那只黄蝴蝶是属于梅梅的吧?有些记不清了。魔幻现实主义的巨著。。关于这部小说,我还乱写过一首诗。

https://blog.wenxuecity.com/myblog/76564/202109/25958.html

 

蓝灵
Oh my dear! Reading and loving go together.
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renqiulan
谢谢盈盈!梅梅?我错过了中译本。你读谁的译本呢?
r
renqiulan
‘’它经过百年孤独之后,留下的是荒芜。‘’盈盈的读后感精句,欣赏!
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renqiulan
Thanks, 蓝灵! I love to read books about love. Hahaha!
蓝灵
Such a bibliophilia.
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renqiulan
That would be the pot calling the kettle black.
颤音
such a poetic prose, maybe i need pick up its English versio
颤音
And see if it grows on me
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renqiulan
Thanks, 颤音! I am a prose person when it comes to English.
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renqiulan
Take it as the butterfly effect on reading.
蓝灵
That's my idiomatic cup of tea. I like it hot.
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renqiulan
I like it cool. I mean every classic is cool.
蓝灵
So you are a cool guy.
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renqiulan
I doubt it. Are butterflies cool?
蓝灵
You bet. Every butterfly is a cool thing.
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renqiulan
Have you ever seen a cool butterfly on a dog day afternoon?
蓝灵
Yes, I have. Have you?
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renqiulan
You bet I have.
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dhyang_wxc
Thanks for drawing my attention to "return of useful idiots"

you used earlier. After looking it up, I found it is very amusing, and sad, cynically speaking.

蓝灵
Cool. Good night!
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renqiulan
Take care. Goodnight!
r
renqiulan
Thanks, dhyang_wxc! Did you by any chance check out the
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renqiulan
the origin of the term "useful idiot?"
暖冬cool夏
I somehow read only 70-80 pages before I returned the book.
暖冬cool夏
Once opened, every page instantly morphs into a multitud喜欢这句
天玉之
Good writing and points! Own butterflies, definitely, but

in time...

 

before that, enjoy the fuzzy butterfly efffect, to make every moment counts 

 

: )

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renqiulan
Good morning, 暖冬cool夏! Thanks for stopping by. Frankly,
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renqiulan
I like Cervantes better. His Don Quixote, in my opinion, is
盈盈一笑间
谢谢秋兰如约在周日晚上发表读书沙龙的文章,以巨著百年孤独为起点,让人惊艳。中译本见内

https://m.100niangudu.com/18.html

 

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renqiulan
a breakout & breakthrough classic in every sense of the word
盈盈一笑间
哈哈,多谢鼓励。2年前写完这首小诗很不满意。现在看看,也没那么难看哈。等以后笔力增强后,再做修改吧。:)
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renqiulan
I am humbled. As a reader of "100 years," I couldn't help
盈盈一笑间
唐吉柯德?
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renqiulan
catching a magical butterfly or two in my little real world.
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dhyang_wxc
Yes. It is very intersting. But this term can be applied to

a much larger group (or many groups) with any sort of specious independent thinking. It is essential(or funny) to see through the usefulness and find out what it is really about, especially like these days when misinformation is overwhleming (and welcomed by some). It is sad the only one you can help usually is only yourselves. 

 

 

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renqiulan
Good morning, 天玉之! Thanks for sharing the Márquezian
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renqiulan
butterfly effect with me.
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renqiulan
盈盈早安!对呀,正是这位“千古风流”的武士小说迷兼攻略风车的高手。
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renqiulan
What you said is what I feel about those geniuses otherwise
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renqiulan
known as useful idiots. BTW, do you think that it's Lenin
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renqiulan
who coined the term "useful idiot?"
r
renqiulan
Have a great week!
r
renqiulan
再谢盈盈!每逢周日晚上谈书论典,虽乏睿见,也可自娱,更可抛砖引玉。
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renqiulan
鲁迅晚年还不忘‘’少作‘’,修改在青年时代所写的旧体诗呢。
盈盈一笑间
秋兰早安!再谢你的佳作美文!

可以在标题前,加上【读书沙龙】吗?

这样可以将这活动继续下去!

盈盈一笑间
赞秋兰对中国文坛如数家珍!欣赏!
盈盈一笑间
谢谢秋兰!下一篇你不会就写唐吉柯德吧?:)
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dhyang_wxc
I am not sure. Useful idiot is not equal to useful innocent,

as I see it. They are more useful. They could be (highly) educated, able, smart, with degrees, or even with achievements. But they are still tools, machines, or instruments, highly useful, but not yet qualifiable to be a human with a soul. In this sense, I guess Lenin very likely got it first.  

Wish you a good week, too.

     

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dhyang_wxc
Geniuses can be useful, harmful, or sometimes useless. :)
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renqiulan
Haha, indeed. AI might qualify as a genius who/which could
r
renqiulan
be an incredibly useful idiot, now that disinformation is
r
renqiulan
part an parcel of today's deal.
r
renqiulan
盈盈“果酱”了。
r
renqiulan
哪里呢?拾人馀唾而已。
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dhyang_wxc
Orwell may be at a loss seeing people believing

in a GOOD "1984". We are getting there, to some looking-up, to some heads-up. Anyway, there is good news like "Matrix" the movie.  :)

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renqiulan
我写的书话篇幅不长,恐难详论“堂.吉诃德”。不详又待之不公不允。还是随情随说的好,况且我是个杂览派,不囿于文史的。
盈盈一笑间
这样就好。秋兰自由发挥,无须拘泥。:))
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CBA7
Happy Monday, 秋兰!谢谢分享世界名著《百年孤独》读后感。
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CBA7
I'm not a bookworm, but I'm definitely a book review lover!
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CBA7
I love bufferflies, your book review is one of the most
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CBA7
beautiful ones. Thanks for sharing.
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CBA7
盈盈上午好,谢谢分享。
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renqiulan
Yours truly is quite determined to look on the
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renqiulan
bright side. I have faith in humanity.
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renqiulan
谢谢。自由谈,谈自由。
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renqiulan
Happy Monday, 小西!They burned books because of
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CBA7
百度关于《百年孤独》的介绍 ,详见里面:

 

 

百年孤独(哥伦比亚作家加西亚·马尔克斯创作的长篇小说)_百度百科 (baidu.com)

 

 

 

 

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CBA7
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CBA7
Happy Monday, 蓝灵!以前在书坛见过你,问好。
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dhyang_wxc
呵呵,心死则神生, purely positive。
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renqiulan
You don't find gloom and doom on my side of the equation.
r
renqiulan
book maniacs like you. I'm still dreaming of throwing books
r
renqiulan
at the Great Firewall. Hahaha!
r
renqiulan
The very first line moved me most. I never looked back.
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renqiulan
百度介绍里有什么微言大义呢?有的话,我看不到。
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CBA7
That's why it's on the top :) Let it go, so to go forward.
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CBA7
Hahaha, I doubt it.
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CBA7
百度的介绍只是一个简介而已,仅供参考。
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renqiulan
对,谢谢小西!
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renqiulan
Actually, I meant the beginning sentence of the novel, which
r
renqiulan
was and still is a stroke of genius.
盈盈一笑间
问好小西!bear hugs~~
盈盈一笑间
谢谢分享!受小西提醒,我想起了以前看过的百年孤独开场白的独特之处。发在楼上了。
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Oona
独处可以很美丽:--))
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Oona
美哉,涅槃重生!
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renqiulan
谢谢Oona!想像中的火凤凰,最美。
r
renqiulan
“此中有真意,欲辨已忘言。”
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renqiulan
Do I have to die trying?
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dhyang_wxc
呵呵,glad we had this small talk.

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CBA7
Hahaha, I got it now! Thanks.
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CBA7
Hahaha, NO! I have no doubt at all now :)
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CBA7
盈盈好记性,谢谢分享。
盈盈一笑间
谢谢Oona 鼓励。抱抱。:))
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renqiulan
The pleasure was mine. Have a good one!
蓝灵
Happy Tuesday! 谢谢小西,问好!
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godog
Nice essay. One of my favorite novels