One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
This novel is a multi-generational saga that focuses on the Buendía family, who founded the fictional town of Macondo. It explores themes of love, loss, family, and the cyclical nature of history. The story is filled with magical realism, blending the supernatural with the ordinary, as it chronicles the family's experiences, including civil war, marriages, births, and deaths. The book is renowned for its narrative style and its exploration of solitude, fate, and the inevitability of repetition in history.
The 4th greatest book of all time
- Published
- 1967
- Nationality
- Colombian
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 300-500
- Words
- 144,000
- Original Language
- Spanish
- Alternate Titles
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- Un Veac De Singuratate
- Cent Ans De Solitude
- Cien Años de Soledad
- Hundert Jahre Einsamkeit
- Cien años de soledad
- Cent ans de solitude
- Cent'anni di solitudine
- Cem anos de solidão
- Sto lat samotności
- Sto rokov samoty
- Sto godina samoće
- Sata vuotta yksinäisyyttä
- Hundra år av ensamhet
- Honderd jaar eenzaamheid
- 百年孤独
- 百年孤獨
- Sto Lat Samotności
- 100 Years of Solitude
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