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  • Published: 25 July 2001
  • ISBN: 9780141184999
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $22.99

One Hundred Years of Solitude




Famously associated with the term 'magical realism', Marquez is probably South America's most famous literary export

An acknowledged masterpiece, this is the story of seven generations of the Buendía family and of Macondo, the town they have built. Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains, Macondo has its wars and disasters, even its wonders and miracles. A microcosm of Columbian life, its secrets lie hidden, encoded in a book and only Aureliano Buendía can fathom its mysteries and reveal its shrouded destiny. Blending political reality with magic realism, fantasy with comic invention, One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the most daringly original works of the twentieth century.

  • Published: 25 July 2001
  • ISBN: 9780141184999
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 432
  • RRP: $22.99

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