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ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS BOOKS AND WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE

'Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice'

Gabriel García Márquez's great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the Buendía family and of Macondo, the town they 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 hidden, encoded in a book, and only Aureliano Buendía can fathom its mysteries and reveal its shrouded destiny.

Blending political reality with magic realism, fantasy and comic invention, One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the most daringly original works of the twentieth century.

'Should be required reading for the entire human race' The New York Times

'The book that sort of saved my life' Emma Thompson

'No lover of fiction can fail to respond to the grace of Márquez's writing' Sunday Telegraph

© Gabriel Garcia Marquez 2007 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

 Classics Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Magic Magical Realism World Literature

Critic reviews

The book that sort of saved my life (Emma Thompson)
The greatest novel in any language of the last 50 years (Salman Rushdie)
Should be required reading for the entire human race
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A beautiful sorrowful masterpiece on the human condition, family life , history and magical fantasy interwoven through character story arc’s

Great work/ book

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Hard to follow the plot, flits around and with the names of the characters being so similar it was very easy to get lost in the story.

Tough read

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Amazing story but a tad misogynistic lol. Do not name children after their predecessors for God’s sake!

Guess I should go to Colombia.

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Have listened to this a few times now to try and understand the story,

Incredibly complex

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I always wanted to read this book but was put off by its length. Thank you for this opportunity tisten- the timbre of the narrator 's voice was perfect, as was his accent, pace, and the rolling around of the names in his mouth,such an important part of the story

Great narrstor

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