ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE

u003cpu003eOne of the 20th century's enduring works, u003ciu003eOne Hundred Years of Solitudeu003c/iu003e is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world, and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize–winning career.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eThe novel tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. It is a rich and brilliant chronicle of life and death, and the tragicomedy of humankind. In the noble, ridiculous, beautiful, and tawdry story of the Buendía family, one sees all of humanity, just as in the history, myths, growth, and decay of Macondo, one sees all of Latin America.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eLove and lust, war and revolution, riches and poverty, youth and senility -- the variety of life, the endlessness of death, the search for peace and truth -- these universal themes dominate the novel. Whether he is describing an affair of passion or the voracity of capitalism and the corruption of government, Gabriel García Márquez always writes with the simplicity, ease, and purity that are the mark of a master.u003c/pu003e u003cpu003eAlternately reverential and comical, u003ciu003eOne Hundred Years of Solitudeu003c/iu003e weaves the political, personal, and spiritual to bring a new consciousness to storytelling. Translated into dozens of languages, this stunning work is no less than an accounting of the history of the human race.u003c/pu003e