An acknowledged masterpiece, this is the story of seven generations of the Buendía family and of Macondo, the town they have built.
In every sense, this is literature on the grandest of scales..
Blending fantasy and reality seamlessly, the characters struggle hopelessly against a merciless backdrop of madness, corruption and death...all measured out equally with farce and fatality; as profound a statement on the human condition as possible.
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.
One Hundred Years of Solitude inhabits a strange dream-like space where very little makes real sense, but everything is mysteriously and vividly alive nonetheless.
Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains, Macondo has its wars and disasters, even its wonders and miracles.
An acknowledged masterpiece, this is the story of seven generations of the Buendía family and of Macondo, the town they have built
