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One Hundred Years of Solitude

by Gregory Rabassa, Gabriel García Márquez

Macondo (Imaginary place)Latin American literatureLatin America - social conditionsFictionEpic literatureMagic realism (Literature)

One of the twentieth 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 Buendia family, set against the background of the evolution and eventual decadence of a small South American town, the mythical town of Macondo.

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Book data: Open Library