Garcia Marquez 100%. I also recently read Le Hussard sur le Toit (the Horseman on the Roof) by Jean Giono. I loved it. The movie was good, too, but somehow I preferred the book. One of my favorite books of all time is another by Giono, L'Homme qui plantait des arbres. Wow! It's short. There's a fantastic Quebecois animated short of it, too.