The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World

For some reason, once I had started reading this story, I had to see it all the way through. I think it's Marquez's writing style that makes it hard for me to put it down. What i found most interesting was how he was able to keep my attention, even though the story has no real plot or clear point. I suppose you take from it what you want to take from it.
The description of Esteban, the dead man, was also quite fascinating. His size is still hard to fathom but I can picture a massive human being's body washing up on shore, being mistaken for some kind of a whale, and that is borderline scary. I would have been intimidated, and yet, Marquez seems to descibe his features as soft, and that too interested me. The villiage was so inpired by him, even though they never knew him alive, which just goes to show the impact his presense had on the people. I was glad they didn't let his body sink; I think that would have been wrong. After all, he did seem kind of magical anyway, so why not lay him to rest with the mermaids and other such mystical sea creatures? I now want to read more of Marquez's work...