One Hundred Years of Solitude

One Hundred Years of Solitude

by Gabriel García Márquez

11 mentors recommend this 432 pages

*Cien años de soledad* es una novela del escritor colombiano Gabriel García Márquez, ganador del Premio Nobel de Literatura en 1982. Es considerada una obra maestra de la literatura hispanoamericana y universal, cumbre del denominado "realismo mágico". Es asimismo una de las obras más traducidas y leídas en español. Narra la historia de la familia Buendía a lo largo de siete generaciones en el pueblo ficticio de Macondo. ---------- *Cien años de soledad* is considered the best work of García Márquez. A novel that narrates the vicisitudes of Aureliano Buendía in the mythic Macondo, a town in some unknown region of Colombia. This novel was written in the magic realism ("realismo mágico"), a style that mix together amazing elements taken by fiction and reality.

ISBN: 9780525562443

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

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Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor

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"Extraordinary, magical reinvention of the Latin-American experience."

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Richard Branson

Richard Branson

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"Richard Branson recommended this book on his "70 must-read books" blog post."

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Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey

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"As steamy, dense and sensual as the jungle that surrounds the surreal town of Macondo!"

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Daniel Goleman

Daniel Goleman

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"Even if you have already read One Hundred Years of Solitude, it is the rare book that offers new insights upon each rereading."

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Jacqueline Novogratz

Jacqueline Novogratz

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"When I first read the book in 1986, I was mesmerized by the writing and fantastical stories. But it took working in Rwanda to understand that Garcia Marquez wrote truths, not just about Colombia but about human society. (2/6)"

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Fred Wilson

Fred Wilson

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"Another amazing book that made me see things differently."

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