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Loading... One Hundred Years of Solitude (Harper Perennial Modern Classics) (original 1967; edition 2006)by Gabriel García Márquez (Author)
Work InformationOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez (1967)
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A sad and enchanting book. ( ) Cien años de soledad es una historia perfecta: tragedia, triunfo y el círculo de la vida. Desde las primeras líneas hasta la última página, Gabriel García Márquez, mezcla magia con realidad para crear personajes inolvidables. Es el primer libro que leo en español y la poesía de cada línea me hace enamorarme aún más del idioma. It is a flawless representation of the human experience. I will read it again in English and again in Spanish and treasure this work for all of its profound insights. I started reading this book more than 25 years ago and just could not get into. In fact, I still had the bookmark in it where I abandoned in that last attempt. I set out to read it again and struggled at the beginning. The only reason I persevered was because I chose this book for our book club. Part of what I found most difficult was the numerous characters with the same or similar names, and given that the story is not told in linear time, it was easy to confuse them. But as I got deeper into the story, I became more invested and found that I was enjoying it. It is the multi-generational story of the Buendía family, the patriarch of which, José Arcadio Buendía, founds the (fictional) town of Macondo, a rural Colombian village closer to the coast of the Caribbean than the Pacific. The village is visited by gypsies who bring the discoveries of the world beyond with them as they pass through periodically, exciting the imagination (and obsessions) of José Arcadio, whose wife, Úrsula Iguarán, puts up with his foolishness. Interestingly, the female figures in the book are the ones who more often than not show wisdom and sanity (although not all of them) and live the longest. I don't know if there is meant to be symbolism in the fantastical events, but over time I got used to the strange moments. I also struggled relating to or even caring about the characters, and yet the story still held my interest. While I read the first quarter of the book over a period of about three weeks - in part because I did not have a lot of free time, but also in part because I was struggling with it - I read the last nearly 300 pages in one day. Through his masterful storytelling, Gabriel García Márquez captured some key elements of Colombian history in the 20th century - how it affected the people in the more primitive and remote areas from guerilla warfare to the arrival of the railway, movies, telephones, cars, American (US) exploitation of natural resources (in this case, bananas), clashes between Liberals and Conservatives, the exploitation of plantation workers, who eventual go on strike and are later massacred - depending on whose version of history gets told and whose gets wiped out. Belongs to Publisher SeriesIs contained inStrange Pilgrims | Love in the Time of Cholera | One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez Leaf Storm | The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor | No One Writes to the Colonel | In Evil Hour | One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez One Hundred Years of Solitude | No One Writes to the Colonel | The Autumn of the Patriarch by Габриэль Гарсия Маркес Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter | Dora, Doralina | One Hundred Years of Solitude | One Day of Life by Manlio Argueta Сто лет одиночества / Полковнику никто не пишет / Хорхе Луис Борхес / Рассказы / Хулио Кортасар / Рассказы by Gabriel García Márquez One Hundred Years of Solitude | Love in the Time of Cholera | One Day After Saturday by Габриэль Гарсиа Маркес One Hundred Years of Solitude | Love in the Time of Cholera | Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel Garcia Marquez One Hundred Years of Solitude | Strange Pilgrims | Love in the Time of Cholera | The Autumn of the Patriarch by Gabriel Garsia Markes Gabriel Garcia Marquez Collection: Love in the Time of Cholera, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Chronicle of a Death Foretold, of Love and Other Demons, the Story of a Shipwrecked Sai by Gabriel García Márquez One Hundred Years of Solitude | Love in the Time of Cholera | Chronicle of a Death Foretold | Collected Stories by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Combinatiepakket Gabriel Garcia Marquez : honderd jaar eenzaamheid en Het Columbia van Gabriel Garcia Marquez by Marcel Bayer Has the adaptationIs replied to inHas as a reference guide/companionHas as a studyHas as a commentary on the textIs a student's study guide toHas as a student's study guideAwardsDistinctionsNotable Lists
The rise and fall, birth and death, of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendia family. No library descriptions found.
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