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One Hundred Years of Solitude (P.S.)

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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ISBN13: 9780060883287
ISBN10: 0060883286
Condition: Standard
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One of the 20th century's enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world, and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize– winning career.

The novel tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendí a family. It is a rich and brilliant chronicle of life and death, and the tragicomedy of humankind. In the noble, ridiculous, beautiful, and tawdry story of the Buendí a family, one sees all of humanity, just as in the history, myths, growth, and decay of Macondo, one sees all of Latin America.

Love and lust, war and revolution, riches and poverty, youth and senility — the variety of life, the endlessness of death, the search for peace and truth — these universal themes dominate the novel. Whether he is describing an affair of passion or the voracity of capitalism and the corruption of government, Gabriel Garcí a Má rquez always writes with the simplicity, ease, and purity that are the mark of a master.

Alternately reverential and comical, One Hundred Years of Solitude weaves the political, personal, and spiritual to bring a new consciousness to storytelling. Translated into dozens of languages, this stunning work is no less than an accounting of the history of the human race.

Review:

"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....Mr. 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, New York Times Book Review

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One of the 20th century's enduring works, Marquez's masterpiece is the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize- winning career. Alternately reverential and comical, this novel weaves the political, personal, and spiritual to bring a new consciousness to storytelling.

Synopsis:

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 Buendía 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.

About the Author

Gabriel García Márquez was born in Colombia in 1927. His many books include The Autumn of the Patriarch; No One Writes to the Colonel; Love in the Time of Cholera; a memoir, Living to Tell the Tale; and, most recently, a novel, Memories of My Melancholy Whores. Gabriel García Márquez was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.

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I couldn't put this book down. I picked it up in a time of needing some reassurance about life, and I've been rewarded with a humorous, insightful, and amazing tale of human relationships.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780060883287
Author:
Marquez, Gabriel Garcia
Publisher:
HarperCollins Publishers
Translator:
Rabassa, Gregory
Author:
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Author:
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Classics
Subject:
Social conditions
Subject:
Macondo (imaginary place)
Subject:
Epic fiction
Subject:
Latin America Social conditions.
Edition Description:
Paperback
Series:
Oprah's Book Club
Publication Date:
February 2006
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
417
Dimensions:
8.05x5.35x1.09 in. .73 lbs.

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