A Modern Epic: Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude with Smithsonian Associate Dr. Joseph Luzzi

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Paul Vogelzang

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🗓️ 2 December 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Welcome, everyone, to The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview Series. I’m your host, Paul Vogelzang, and today, we’re stepping into the mesmerizing, kaleidoscopic world of Gabriel García Márquez’s literary masterpiece, One Hundred Years of Solitude with our guest, author, academic, presenter and Smithsonian Associate Dr. Joseph Luzzi. Dr. Luzzi will be presenting at Smithsonian Associates coming up. We’ll be disussing winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, One Hundred Years of Solitude.

This isn’t just a novel—it’s a phenomenon. With its spellbinding blend of magic and reality, this epic tale of the Buendía family and their fabled fictional town of Macondo has touched millions of readers around the globe. It’s a story about family, love, history, and the haunting legacy of colonialism, told through the extraordinary lens of García Márquez’s imagination.

Guiding us through this literary treasure is none other than Smithsonian Associate Dr. Joseph Luzzi, an acclaimed professor of literature at Bard College, a Yale PhD, and an expert on world literature. Dr. Luzzi will help us uncover the secrets behind the novel’s universal appeal, its innovative use of magical realism, and the way it redefines the idea of an epic for the modern age.

Whether you’re discovering One Hundred Years of Solitudefor the first time or revisiting it with fresh eyes, today’s discussion promises to inspire, enlighten, and perhaps even rekindle your love for one of the greatest novels of the 20th century.

My thanks to Smithsonian Associate Dr. Joseph Luzzi. Dr. Luzzi will be presenting at Smithsonian Associates coming up. Please check out our web site for more details. My thanks to the Smithsonian team for all they do to support the show. My thanks to executive producer Sam Heninger. My thanks to you our wonderful Smithsonian Associates audience here on radio and podcast. Be well, be safe, and let’s talk about better. The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview Series on radio and podcast. Thanks, everybody. We’ll see you next week.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates interview series on radio and podcast.
0:06.9	The show covering all things health, wellness, culture, and more.
0:10.6	The show for all of us who aren't old, were better.
0:13.5	Each week we'll interview superstars, experts, and ordinary people, doing extraordinary things,
0:19.4	all related to this wonderful experience of getting better
0:22.7	not older now here's your host the award-winning paul vogelzang welcome everyone to the not old
0:30.3	better show smithsonian associates interview series i'm paul vogelsang and today we're stepping
0:36.5	into the mesmerizing kaleidoscopic world
0:40.4	of Gabriel Garcia-Marquez's literary masterpiece, 100 years of solitude with our guest,
0:47.9	author, academic, presenter, and Smithsonian Associate, Dr. Joseph Lutzi. Dr. Luce will be presenting at Smithsonian Associates coming up.
0:56.6	Please check out our website for more details, but we have Dr. Lutzi today.
1:01.8	We will be discussing winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 100 years of Solitude.
1:08.4	This isn't just a novel, it's a phenomenon. With its spellbinding blend of
1:13.4	magic and reality, the epic tale when Dia family and their fabled fictional town of Macondo
1:20.9	has touched millions of readers around the globe. It's a story about family, love, history,
1:31.0	and the haunting legacy of colonialism told through the globe. It's a story about family, love, history, and the haunting legacy of colonialism told through the extraordinary lens of Garcia Marquez's imagination. Guiding us through this literary
1:38.1	treasure is none other than Smithsonian Associate Dr. Joseph Flutzi and acclaimed professor of literature at Bard College, a Yale PhD,
1:46.8	and an expert on world literature. Dr. Lutzi will help us uncover the secrets behind the novel's
1:53.6	universal appeal. It's innovative use of magical realism, something we're going to come to
1:59.7	understand today, and the way it redefines
2:02.1	the idea of an epic for the modern age. We'll also dive into the life of Garcia-Marquez,
2:09.3	from his humble beginnings as a journalist to becoming the first Colombian author to win the
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