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One Hundred Years of Solitude
 

One Hundred Years of Solitude

by Gabriel García Márquez

One of the 20th century's enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world, and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize–winning career.

The 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,... (read more)

Top tags: fiction,  magical realism,  classic,  literature,  nobel prize (all tags)

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Amazon Reviews (5)
 

Most Helpful Reviews

Liked It

1 of 1 members found this review helpful.
U®vÅShi
  • Rated 5 stars

“Its a Magical, mysterious, enormously beautiful book.
Worth a read.”

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Didn’t Like It

1 of 1 members found this review helpful.
Collin T
  • Rated 1 stars

“I'm convinced that the author is just making shit up as he goes. It isn't so much of a cohesive story as a collection of rather stupid anecdotes. I'm halfway through and I'm fed up with reading it.

--update: This is quirky enough to have been satisfactory reading as a short novel. Unfortunately it's several hundred pages too long and rapidly becomes tedious. I'll finish it eventually--because I try to finish everything I start--but it's going to take me a while so I'm just going...”

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Community:
  • Rated 4.225841 stars
Amazon:
  • Rated 4.416667 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • flyingpenguin

    flyingpenguin said:

    “I think this book is a scientific analysis of the isolation of a village.. I feel that the author has performed a thought experiment and has written it down.. an amazing read if you can analyse it. Brings to perspective certain situations beautifully and leaves one with a sense of doubt and "hopelessness". Marquez is revealed to be a very strong manipulator of human emotions through this book.”

    posted 7 days ago
  • Meiosis

    meiosis said:

    “Don't read this book ! just if you have problem to make relation between things.if you are even too lazy to think ! if you are looking for a simple book with no challenge !
    but read it,if you have a powerful and amazing mind to read one of the greatest books that I'd read. :)”

    posted Friday, September 19 2008
  • eric b

    eric b said:

    “i agree with jen c. it is truly amazing to me that anyone could think this book "horrible" or a "waste of time". yikes! i consider this novel a classic. maybe when the book is made into a movie, some people will learn to appreciate it. yes, the names of the characters generation after generation are similar. i'll fill everyone in on a little secret; there are other cultures outside of the u.s. shocking, right??? nonetheless, it is true. just take my word for it. ”

    posted Friday, September 19 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • sArah A

    sarah a said:

    “Sounds like a terrible book. Thanx guys , you saved me the bother and time. I'm not too fond of this author ( Love in the Time of Cholera was disappointing), perhaps his books are better in Spanish.”

    posted Monday, September 8 2008 ( | view 3 replies )
  • muque and shylock tomes

    muque and shylock tomes said:

    “I think I understand the dynamic here because ultimately I think you either like or dislike this book based on how you rate magical realism. Stories and characters that run into each other and become one is a device that folks either like or dislike.”

    posted Monday, September 1 2008
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