Penguin's commemorative hardback reissue of One Hundred Years of Solitude, the c
lassic work of magical realist fiction by late Nobel laureate and author Gabriel
Garcia Marquez. Gabriel Garcia Marquez has been one of the undisputed literary
giants of the past century; his stories are vivid, energetic, tender and unforge
ttable; they have touched the lives of readers across the globe and earned him c
ountless awards including the Nobel Prize for Literature. In the wake of the aut
hor's death, his most beloved novel is reissued in commemorative hardback editio
n.
One Hundred Years of Solitude is endlessly fascinating, an intricately pat
terned work of fiction and a joyful, irrepressible celebration of humanity. Vibr
antly colourful and teeming with life, this timeless tale blends the natural wit
h the supernatural in one of the most magical reading experiences on earth. 'Man
y years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to re
member that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice.' Gabriel
Garcia Marquez's great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the Bue
ndia 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 its miracles. A microcosm of Columbian life, its secrets lie hid
den, encoded in a book, and only Aureliano Buendia can fathom its mysteries and
reveal its shrouded destiny. Blending political reality with magic realism, fant
asy and comic invention, One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the most daring
ly original works of the twentieth century.
