One Hundred Years of Solitude
In the mythical town of Macondo, the Buendía family grapples with solitude, love, and the passage of time across several generations. Gabriel Garcia Marquez weaves a tale rich with magical realism, blurring the lines between myth and history. As the family's fortunes rise and fall, secrets and heartbreak shape their destinies, intertwined with the fate of their extraordinary town. Themes of isolation and the cyclical nature of life resonate throughout the narrative, inviting readers to ponder the implications of their choices. Will the Buendías ever escape the solitude that binds them, or is it their ultimate inheritance?
By Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Published: 2006
""Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.""
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One Hundred Years of Solitude tells the story of the rise and fall, birth and death of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. Inventive, amusing, magnetic, sad, and alive with unforgettable men and women -- brimming with truth, compassion, and a lyrical magic that strikes the soul -- this novel is a masterpiece in the art of fiction.
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1927-2014) was a Colombian novelist, short story writer, and journalist, renowned for his influential works in the genre of magical realism. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982. His most notable works include 'One Hundred Years of Solitude,' 'Love in the Time of Cholera,' and 'Chronicle of a Death Foretold.' Marquez's writing is characterized by richly imaginative storytelling, blending the extraordinary and the mundane, which evokes deep emotional responses and explores themes of solitude, love, and the complexity of human experience.
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- Authors
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Published
- February 2006
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial Modern Classics
- ISBN
- 0060883286
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 448
- Genres
- Magical RealismHistorical FictionFictionLiterature
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One Hundred Years of Solitude
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