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One Hundred Years of Solitude

By Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a multi-generational tale that chronicles the Buendía family in the fictional town of Macondo. Through magical realism, the novel explores themes of solitude, fate, and the cyclical nature of human existence, weaving a rich tapestry of belief, truth, and the human condition. It is celebrated for its imaginative storytelling and profound insights into the Latin American experience.
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One Hundred Years of Solitude

Gabriel Garcia Marquez has been one of the literary giants of the past century; his body of work is an undisputed cultural landmark and a touchstone for countless readers and writers alike. This book deals with his work and life.

Telling the story of the rise and fall of the town of Macondo and the generations of the Buendia family who found and then become trapped in it, One Hundred Years of Solitude is both tragic and comic, intimate and epic.

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The most iconic literary work ever produced by one of the world's most loved writers.

Gabriel García Márquez has been one of the literary giants of the past century; his body of work is an undisputed cultural landmark and a touchstone for countless readers and writers alike.

In the wake of the author's death, Penguin is reissuing what is arguably his most beloved novel in a beautiful, commemorative hardback edition. One Hundred Years of Solitude is a true classic, a timelessly fascinating and intricately patterned work of fiction and a joyful, irrepressible celebration of humanity. This iconic work is the perfect celebration of Márquez's extraordinary impact on the modern world and his phenomenal literary achievements.

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One Hundred Years of Solitude is highly praised for its profound storytelling and impact. Emma Thompson describes it as a life-saving book, Salman Rushdie considers it the greatest novel of the past five decades, and the New York Times suggests it should be essential reading for everyone.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241971826

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 02 October 2014

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd

Contributors:

  • Translated by Gregory Rabassa
  • Translated by Gregory Rabassa
  • Translated by Gregory Rabassa

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 38.0mm

Width: 140.0mm

Height: 205.0mm

Weight: 463g

Pages: 432

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About the Author

Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born in Aracataca, Colombia, in 1927. He studied at the National University of Colombia in Bogota, and later worked as a reporter for the Colombian newspaper El Espectador and as a foreign correspondent in Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Caracas and New York. He is the author of several novels and collections of stories, including Eyes of a Blue Dog (1947), Leaf Storm (1955), No One Writesto the Colonel (1958), In Evil Hour (1962), Big Mama's Funeral (1962), One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967), Innocent Erendira and Other Stories (1972), The Autumn of the Patriarch (1975), Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1981), Love in the Time of Cholera (1985), The General in His Labyrinth (1989), Strange Pilgrims (1992), Of Love and Other Demons (1994) and Memories of My Melancholy Whores (2005). Many of his books arepublished by Penguin. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. Gabriel Garcia Marquez died in 2014.

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