One Hundred Years Of Solitude
- Themes
- Family history, Rise and fall of a town
Who it’s for
- For readers interested in a family's history across generations
- For readers drawn to the rise and fall of a mythical town
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Probably García Márquez finest and most famous work. One Hundred Years of Solitude tells the story of the rise and fall, birth and death of a mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. Inventive, amusing, magnetic, sad, alive with unforgettable men and women, and with a truth and understanding that strike the soul. One Hundred Years of Solitude is a masterpiece of the art of fiction. Read more
Publisher details
Publisher categories
- The Classics
- Literary Fiction
- Authors
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Published
- September 24, 1998
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- The Classics