Trending Now One Hundred Years of Solitude

“One Hundred Years of Solitudeis the first piece of literature since the Book of Genesis that should be required reading for the entire human race. . . . Mr. Garcia Marquez has done nothing less than to create in the reader a sense of all that is profound, meaningful, and meaningless in life.” William Kennedy,New York Times BookReview

One of the most influential literary works of our time,One Hundred Years of Solituderemains a dazzling and original achievement by the masterful Gabriel Garcia Marquez, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

One Hundred Years of Solitudetells the story of the rise and fall, birth and death of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendifamily. Inventive, amusing, magnetic, sad and alive with unforgettable men and womenbrimming with truth, compassion, and a lyrical magic that strikes the soulthis novel is a masterpiece in the art of fiction.

Gabriel Garca Mrquez was born in 1927 in the town of Aracataca, Columbia.Latin America’s preeminent man of letters, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982. Garca Mrquez began his writing career as a journalist and is the author of numerous other works of fiction and nonfiction, including the novelsThe Autumn of the PatriarchandLove in the Time of Cholera, and the autobiographyLiving to Tell the Tale. There has been resounding acclaim for his life’s work since he passed away in April 2014.

• Publisher:Harper Perennial
• Publish Date:February 01, 2006
• Pages:448
• Dimensions:5.35 X 7.87 X 1.1 inches | 0.65 pounds
• Language:English
• Type:Paperback
• EAN/UPC: 9780060883287