One Hundred Years of Solitude

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Magical realism odyssey through generations.

As you immerse yourself in the Buendia family saga, you'll find "One Hundred Years of Solitude" to be a mesmerizing blend of history, folklore, and timeless truths. Gabriel Garcia Marquez's lush prose weaves a tapestry of characters and events that are as captivating as they are significant, offering a novel experience that feels both deeply personal and profoundly universal. If you're drawn to stories that reflect the cyclical nature of existence, this book will resonate with you long after you turn the final page.

  • Premio Internacional de Novela Rómulo Gallegos (1972)
  • Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger for Roman (1969)
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One Hundred Years of Solitude

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ISBN: 9780141032436
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date of Publication: 2007-10-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 4.11
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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. Pipes and kettledrums herald the arrival of gypsies on their annual visit to Macondo, the newly founded village where José Arcadio Buendía and his strong-willed wife, Úrsula, have started their new life. As the mysterious Melquíades excites Aureliano Buendía and his father with new inventions and tales of adventure, neither can know the significance of the indecipherable manuscript that the old gypsy passes into their hands. Through plagues of insomnia, civil war, hauntings and vendettas, the many tribulations of the Buendía household push memories of the manuscript aside. Few remember its existence and only one will discover the hidden message that it holds...
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Magical realism odyssey through generations.

As you immerse yourself in the Buendia family saga, you'll find "One Hundred Years of Solitude" to be a mesmerizing blend of history, folklore, and timeless truths. Gabriel Garcia Marquez's lush prose weaves a tapestry of characters and events that are as captivating as they are significant, offering a novel experience that feels both deeply personal and profoundly universal. If you're drawn to stories that reflect the cyclical nature of existence, this book will resonate with you long after you turn the final page.

  • Premio Internacional de Novela Rómulo Gallegos (1972)
  • Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger for Roman (1969)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.