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