One Hundred Years of Solitude

Synopsis

Equally tragic, joyful and comical, gabriel garcía márquez's masterpiece of magical realism, one hundred years of solitude is a seamless blend of fantasy and reality, translated from the spanish by gregory rabassa in penguin modern classics. Gabriel garcía márquez's great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the buendía 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 miracles.