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One Hundred Years of Solitude

Name: One Hundred Years of Solitude
Rating: 5 (28 reviews)
Author: Gabriel García Márquez, translated by Gregory Rabassa
ISBN: 9780060883287

Gabriel García Márquez, translated by Gregory Rabassa · 2003 · 448 pages

One Hundred Years of Solitude tells the story of the rise and fall, birth and death of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. Inventive, amusing, magnetic, sad, and alive with unforgettable men and women -- brimming with truth, compassion, and a lyrical magic that strikes the soul -- this novel is a masterpiece in the art of fiction.

recommended by 28 people

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
“A few classics: - Hope in the Dark, Solnit - Why We Can’t Wait, MLK - The Search for Common Ground, Thurman - Team of Rivals, Goodwin - Col Poems,Audre Lorde - Bhagavad Gita - Capital, Piketty - 100 Years of Solitude, García Márquez - Infinite Jest / Consider the Lobster, Wallace”↗
Cal Fussman
“If you’ve never written a book and you’re going to tell somebody you want to write a great book, read this and know what a great book is.”↗
Shashi Tharoor
“"https://t.co/rfR1tllGRa Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Magnificent, uplifting and profoundly moving, sweeping in its recreation of a magical world of never-ending enchantment, the “novel of the century”."”↗
Jacqueline Novogratz
“When I first read the book in 1986, I was mesmerized by the writing and fantastical stories. But it took working in Rwanda to understand that Garcia Marquez wrote truths, not just about Colombia but about human society. (2/6)”↗
Martha Stewart
“It is difficult to believe it was 46 years ago that I discovered this novelist and his masterpiece. To this day, I envy anyone who hasn’t yet read it; they have an amazing treat in store.”↗
Dua Lipa
“This incredible novel put me under a spell. I was captivated by the fantastical elements that live alongside reality and loved how time loops and sways in the fictional town of Macondo. True, at times I had to find my way through the many Aurelianos and José Arcadios that populate the seven generations of the Buendía family. But getting lost and succumbing to the mastery of Gabriel García Márquez’s storytelling is all part of the joy of this epic tale. Along the way, I found myself reflecting on love and war, familial bonds, the consequences of modernity and, of course, the many meanings of solitude. It’s irresistible.”↗
Daniel Goleman
“Even if you have already read One Hundred Years of Solitude, it is the rare book that offers new insights upon each rereading.”↗
Colson Whitehead
“Perhaps my favorite novel? Re-read it after 25 years and was stunned by its incandescent power. Helped immensely with rethinking how to calibrate fantastic effects, which came in handy with The Underground Railroad.”↗
Mike Leigh
“They call this masterpiece ‘magical realism’, but I hate the label. Real it is, human and passionate and endlessly moving and compelling. It’s about family, relationships, fate, time. And ghosts. And solitude. Marvelous.”↗
Isabel Allende
“The most important Latin American novel of the 20th century. Márquez’s characters seemed very familiar, and his voice sounded like my grandfather’s. I realized that with a family like mine, I didn’t have to invent anything to write fiction.”↗
Tendai Biti
“2)Marquez s “Love in the time of cholera” & “100 yrs of solitude “ are two of my top books but one still weeps reading or re- reading Tolstoy s “ War & Peace “a book bettered only by “ Anna Karenina. Not a fan of these motivational books but that “f#cked “ up book is quite funny”↗
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