Posthumous Marquez

The first volume of 'Until August' was read by Marquez many years ago at a literary event and published in magazines including 'New Yorker'. After Marquez's death, his family was forced to decide whether or not to publish this short novel. Finally they decided to print. Translators and family members have been careful to clarify so as not to dispute the authorship or legitimacy of the novel. Four pages of the Spanish manuscript and even the lyrics of the manuscript have been printed at the beginning and end of the novel in order to dispel suspicions of authenticity. From the 1990s in Nepal, Marquez entered the textbooks through 'The Heritage of the World'. Part of his classic novel is still taught as a compulsory English subject in the Proficiency Certificate level i.e. Plus Two. Narayan Dhakal's comments about Markhez must not have been forgotten after reading the essays 'Mourning Traveler' and 'Antim Paat'.

Kumar Nagarkoti is a writer of the category who can write in the same style after reading Markhes. His latest book 'Jogiana' has a wonderful account of Marquez, especially his blind fascination with 'prostitutes'. He has mentioned that Markhej's name was mentioned as an ancestor during his father's funeral the year Markhej passed away. Nagarkoti writes - Puret countered by saying that there is no one in the list of my ancestors with the same name as Markhez. I am a literary person, I like him audhi, like my literary father. And after he passed away, I didn't even have to pay homage to him! Marquez shook the European dominance of novel writing in the 20th century in such a way that the style of novel writing changed. Salman Rushdie called him the most read and loved novelist since Charles Dickens. American presidents from Barack Obama to Bill Clinton have publicly stated that they have read the literature of Marquez, who is a writer friend with Fidel Castro.

There is no shortage of people who consider 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' to be the bible of magical realism. Bunibnao readers spread all over the world are fans of his magical style of presenting the beautiful natural description of the islands and lakes of the Caribbean islands that he creates, and presenting human feelings in the same environment in the many juices of love-hate-deception.

The final section of 'Until August' is not as powerful as the beginning of this novel. The plot till the middle of it has mesmerized the reader. In this novel, Marquez has placed a female character as the heroine for the first time. In his other novels, only men had this right. It is an annual routine for the heroine of this novel to visit her mother's grave every year in the month of August to offer flowers on her date. Nothing like that happens for eight years, but a special event happens the year this novel begins. From the age of nine, she meets a different man each year, visiting the island where her mother's grave is and staying in hotels there. Every year when she comes in contact with a new man, the secrets and dimensions of her married life-relationship with others are revealed. Therefore, her mistrust of her husband of 27 years, who has to travel a lot professionally, increases. The novel proceeds like this. The conflicting personalities and interests of the couple's son and daughter have also come into the novel. The heroine of the

novel is named Anna Magdalena Wach. It is the name of the river that Magdalena Marquez had to cross every day to go to school as a child. The story of this river came in Marquez's novel 'The General in his Labyrinth'. Similarly, the meeting of the old lovers of 'Love in the Time of Cholera' also takes place on the same river bank. This shows that even in choosing the name of the character, he is repeatedly using his childhood memories. In this way, he connects the reader with the characters and environment of his old novels. This is a wonderful example of how even the characters of the perfect writer are acting subtly, but effectively, in the environment of the novel from the choice of name.

BP Koirala's 'Hitler and the Jews', written in the context of Israel's recent statehood, is considered an incomplete novel, but the joy of reading it is as stimulating today as it is during the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. For the Nepali readers who are interested in world literature, 'Until August' will not disappoint in enjoying the talismanic depiction of freedom, regret and love mysteries woven by Marquez in the New Caribbean islands.

If the family accepts Franz Kafka's request to destroy his unpublished works, world literature will turn away from works like 'The Trial'. In 2004, at the age of 77, Márquez appears to have rewritten the novel for the last time. And, at the same time, he told his sons, "This book will not work, it must be destroyed." Now, contrary to his wishes, this novel has reached the hands of readers all over the world. Little by little, the reader has proved that it was right to print it.

The message given by Pathak Jamaat's acceptance of 'Until August' is that the imperfect art of a master artist is more effective than the perfect art of an apprentice artist. Now, any reader of literature can read Marquez's last novel and fully enjoy his incomplete art.