Hola! ¿Cómo estás? φ(ﾟ▽ﾟ*)♪
Thanks for your post, I really want to travel Spain again ... oooh, I miss that clear blue sky ...
I feel excited to know you're also a fan of García Márquez! Yup, it is almost impossible to explain the charm of his "magic realism" narrative.
"One Hundred Years of Solitude" (in Japanese, it is translated literally as "百年の孤独") is totally amazing -- while I was reading the book, I felt like a visitor of Macondo.
I heard that one Japanese novelist Kenzaburo OOe (he also won the Novel Prise) is under the influence of García Márquez.
I read "
Chronicle of a Death Foretold" (予告された殺人の記録) and, to my personal opinion, it is one of his best works as well as
"Innocent Erendira". I also watched the movie, which is quite good. The film change the main focus from the crime to love affair, still it does not spoil the original.
Thank you for informing me about García Lorca's CD (the picture is pretty cool!) I checked Amazon.jp and found that I can buy Ana Belén's CD in Japan ヽ(^◇^*)/
The title is, however, called "
Los Esenciales". Is this the CD you told me? I can't see the picture in Amazon.jp, so if you know, will you tell me, please?
I'm glad that we both are Almodovar lovers o(>▽<o)(o>▽<)o
When I saw "
All about My Mother", I couldn't stop weeping. I had to put many facial tissues on my cheeks, honestly! I'm so looking forward to
"Volver"; Penélope Cruz is very cute and at the same time she's a great actress.
By the way, we Japanese generally use title after the name (e. g. "Roi taisa" = "Major Roi", "Yukimura dono" = "Sir Yukimura").
As for pronunciation, I remember "hola" is articulated as "ola"; the sounds of Spanish are really sweet. I especially like the rhythm -- though I cannot understand Spanish at all.
I never try to learn Spanish properly; because I'm afraid that there are so many cases in Spanish, as well as French and Latin. When I was undergraduate (by the way, my Uni is also in Kyoto!), I learnt these two languages at the same time, which was really nightmare. I hate to memorise something; or rather, I can't memorise such complicated rules (´□｀｡)
It seems that Spanish pronunciation is close to Japanese, but ... how about grammatical rules? Is it simple?
During my stay at Spain, I never watch bullfighting; it is too violent to me. I prefer flamenco dansing. Will you tell me something about flamenco?
Also, I'd love to know Spanish history (especially medieval one) and Spanish arts such as pictures and fashion.
Oh, again, sorry for long reply and I look forward to your answer ((o(^∇^)o))
PS. If you're interested in Don Pedro's manga, I'll send you some pieces of information
