Знамениты и влюблены. Увлекательные истории для изучения английского языка. Анжелика Ягудена

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      One day, Márquez, his wife, and their two sons went on vacation to Acapulco. While he was driving, he had a sudden flash of insight and came up with a plot for his most famous novel. Without any hesitation, they came back home so that Gabo could entirely devote himself to writing. Initially, he planned to complete his book One Hundred Years of Solitude within six months, but it took him a bit longer. The manuscript was ready in only 18 months. Márquez quit his job and isolated himself in his room. He asked not to interrupt him under no circumstances. Mercedes took care of the children and ran the household. The strong woman borrowed money from their friends, pawned home appliances and jewelry, and even persuaded the landlord to forego their rent for seven months. In all that time, they accumulated a large amount of debt and had almost nothing to eat, but they didn’t lose faith in a bright future. When they went to the post office to send the manuscript to be published, they found out that they didn’t have enough money for postage. Then Mercedes decided to sell her hair dryer and a mixer to pay all the postage fees. The novel, which became an overnight sensation, brought Márquez worldwide fame and earned him the Nobel Prize in literature. Ever since, they had everything they could only dream of: wealth, fame, recognition, and, of course, love.

      Márquez and Mercedes have been married for more than 55 years, but they never had a serious argument. Gabo simply worshipped his muse. This is how he described his relationship with his wife:

      I think the secret is that we have continued to understand things as we understood them before we were married. In other words, marriage, like the whole of life, is something terribly difficult that we have to start over from the beginning every day, and every day of our lives.

      Indeed, one can only dream of love like this.

      At the age of 85, Márquez was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, which manifested itself after a long battle against lymphatic cancer. The disease progressed, and the great writer didn’t recognize anyone around him except his beloved wife and muse. She was there with him till his last breath – till death did them part as they vowed. Gabriel Garcia Márquez died on April 17, 2014. However, I’m sure, the great ones never die. They live in our hearts forever. Mercedes survived him by six years, and the two loving souls were reunited in heaven.

      Among Márquez’s most famous works are One Hundred Years of Solitude, Love in the Time of Cholera, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, The General in His Labyrinth, and others.