One Hundred Years of Solitude (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
Books / Paperback
ISBN: 0060883286 / Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, February 2006
Tells the story of the Buendia family, set against the background of the evolution and eventual decadence of a small South American town.
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<p><strong>"<em>One Hundred Years of Solitude</em> is the first piece of literature since the Book of Genesis that should be required reading for the entire human race. . . . Mr. Garcia Marquez has done nothing less than to create in the reader a sense of all that is profound, meaningful, and meaningless in life." —William Kennedy, <em>New York Times Book</em> Review </strong></p><p>One of the most influential literary works of our time, <em>One Hundred Years of Solitude</em> remains a dazzling and original achievement by the masterful Gabriel Garcia Marquez, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.</p><p><em>One Hundred Years of Solitude</em> 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.</p>
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