One Hundred Years of Solitude

Synopsis

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 Buendia 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 Buendia 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 Garcia Marquez always writes with the simplicity, ease, and purity that are the mark of a master.

Copyright:

1970

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

458 Pages

ISBN-13:

9780060740450

Publisher:

HarperCollins Publishers

Date of Addition:

02/04/19

Copyrighted By:

Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

Yes

Categories:

Literature and Fiction

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This book is freely available to all subject to the Creative Commons license listed inside the book.

Translator:

Gregory Rabassa