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One Hundred Years of Solitude
 

One Hundred Years of Solitude

by Gabriel García Márquez

"Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice."
It is typical of Gabriel García Márquez that it will be many pages before his narrative circles back to the ice, and many chapters before the hero of One Hundred Years of Solitude, Buendía, stands before the firing... (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.
Urvashi
  • Rated 5 stars

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

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Didn’t Like It

1 of 2 members found this review helpful.
Angela O
  • Rated 2 stars

“What a chore to read! I really had to force myself to finish this one. The run-on descriptive sentences made reading tedious but the fact that the characters all basically had the same name made following the story a nightmare. Skip it.”

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Community:
  • Rated 4.239324 stars
Amazon:
  • Rated 4.416667 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • 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 3 weeks ago
  • 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 3 weeks ago ( | 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
  • Jen C

    jen c said:

    “OK, so usually I understand differing opinions and even if I don't I'm tolerant of them. But I can't see how some people here have put such negative comments up about this book! Completely biased, I know - but I found it riveting and can't understand how others who read won't. It's fast paced, the language is beautiful and passionate, the characters are borderline-crazy and the mischief they get up to is fabulous. OK, so half the characters are named Aureliano and the other half Jose Arcadio but if you keep your wits about you you should be able to tell the difference :). My boyfriend didn't like it for another reason - he thought there was no point to it. And I agree with him to a certain extent but I think the ending just makes the entire seemingly erratic book make sense. To me, anyway!”

    posted Monday, September 1 2008 ( | view 3 replies )
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