Description: The purpose of this study is to show Kafka's thematic and stylistic influence on the three recent novels by García Márquez, and to explore the metaphysical topics of human solitude, the meaning of life and death, the individual search for spirituality, modern man's alienation, and the continuous striving for personal feedom. Both writers are true representatives of the Twentieth Century and are strongly influenced by existential thought, based on the world view of Kierkegaard and Heidegger.
Review Quotes: «...alguien por fin haya puesto de lleno el dedo en la herida en cuanto se refiere a la tan repetida pero sólo supuesta influencia de Kafka en la obra de García Márquez.» (Germán D. Carrillo, Revista de Estudios Hispánicos)