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...Gabriel Garcia Marquez...
...first it seems rather surprising that a translator as extraordinarily gifted as Edith Grossman should have rendered the title of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's new book, Doce cuentos peregrinos, as Strange Pilgrims. The Spanish literally means something like "Twelve Peregrine Tales." Yet a Spanish/English dictionary will tell you that "peregrino," besides "pilgrim" or "peregrine," also means "strange," "exceptional," and "perfect." It's easy to sympathize with Grossman, for there is no way to convey these connotations in one word. However, all those words are perfectly applicable to Garcia Marquez's first book since The General in His Labyrinth...
RAZA president Richard Garcia '95 said "the book is the big thing we are discussing right...
...While I haven't read the whole book, parts of it seem true--students of minority backgrounds are alienated here--but other parts are counter productive," Garcia said...
...understand he says that minorities don'tneed to come to Harvard," Garcia added, "and thatis counter-productive...