100 Years of Solitude
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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A beguiling mix of politics, magic, romance, and sex, the saga of the mysterious history of the Buendia family of the village of Macondo does nothing less than recapitulate the entire history of the human race. Written in a fairly experimental style with little regard for traditional novelistic conventions, Garcia Marquez's novel incorporates emotional responses in favor of plot, a cyclical approach to fractured time lines, and many different characters with similar or identical names, and an emotional responses. An immediate success on it's initial publication, ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE was eventually translated in more than 40 languages and established Garcia Marquez as one of the preeminent authors of his generation.
Editions of 100 Years of Solitude
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Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Harpercollins |
Date 1970 |
Price $1.00 |
 Used - Good |
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Hardcover |
Publisher Buccaneer Books |
Date 1990 |
Price None Available |
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ISBN |
Binding/Format Paperback |
Publisher Harpercollins |
Date 1991 |
Price $1.00 |
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Publisher Notes
The bestselling and critically successful novel about the rise and fall and birth and death of the mystical town of Macondo as seen through the history of the Buendia family.
Media Reviews
"In a beautiful translation, surrealism and innocence blend to form a wholly individual style. Like rum calentano, the story goes down easily, leaving a rich, sweet burning flavor behind."
First Line
Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.
Customer Reviews
on Jan 8 2007, fict said:
"Unforgettable and larger-than-life, this is magical realism at its zenith."
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