One Hundred Years of Solitude: The Classic Magical Realism Novel by a Nobel Prize Winner (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)

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"One Hundred Years of Solitude is the first piece of literature since the Book of Genesis that should be required reading for the entire human race. . . . García Márquez has done nothing less than to create in the reader a sense of all that is profound, meaningful, and meaningless in life." —William Kennedy, National Observer

One of the most influential literary works of our time, One Hundred Years of Solitude remains a dazzling and original achievement by the masterful Gabriel García Márquez, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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 Buendiá 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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Published Feb 21, 2006

417 pages

Average rating: 7.2

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Readers say Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s *One Hundred Years of Solitude* is a beautifully written, imaginative classic of magical realism that rewards pat...

TiannaChristine
Nov 05, 2023
Couldn’t finish it
trevor goldhush
Jan 28, 2026
10/10 stars
Marquez reminds me alot of Kurt Vonnegut. Characters living through fates beyond their control, powers from on high impacting the world in vague but indelible ways, a blurring of fact and fiction are all classic Vonnegut-isms. Colonel Aureliano Buendia feels right out of one of his novels as well.

The parallel only made to illustrate that Marquez fits into the literary landscape of the time quite neatly. but 100 Years of Solitude is nonetheless deeply unique. The folktale style of storytelling gives you a span of years in a matter of seconds, and yet you feel a deep attachment to most every Buendia, each with their own unique quirks and tragedies. Each character has their own unique curse of solitude, carrying with them the unbearable weight of generations.

tldr: this book is awesome.
Mary Dotson
Nov 12, 2025
10/10 stars
I read this book for a book club in the late 80s and though I found the book a little too long, although by the end it really had me hooked and I liked it (the ending is quite satisfactory). Then years later, work sent me to Colombia (many times over five years period). Along the way, I reread the book and fell in love. The book reflects more of the natural way of life for elite families than I could have ever realized. The magical realism is the story, which compresses time and imagination in the process. It left me understanding that the genre as Marquez saw it was life happening, as we remembered it, along with the crazy ideas that occur to us at the side of our perceptions.
JL Reads
Nov 26, 2024
3/10 stars
I really wanted to like this book, especially because I have a pin on my jacket for it. But it was like when you wake up and try to remember your dream but it makes no sense but you write it all down anyway….yeah it was like that. I quit and didn’t finish it. Book #107 in 2024
Omair
Sep 12, 2024
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