One Hundred Years of Solitude

ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS BOOKS AND WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE<BR>_______________________________<BR><BR>'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'<BR><BR>Gabriel García Márquez's great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the Buendía family and of Macondo, the town they built. Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains, Macondo has its wars and disasters, even its wonders and its miracles. 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.<BR><BR>Blending political reality with magic realism, fantasy and comic invention, One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the most daringly original works of the twentieth century.<BR>_______________________________<BR><BR>'As steamy, dense and sensual as the jungle that surrounds the surreal town of Macondo!' Oprah, Featured in Oprah's Book Club<BR><BR>'Should be required reading for the entire human race' The New York Times<BR><BR>'The book that sort of saved my life' Emma Thompson<BR><BR>'No lover of fiction can fail to respond to the grace of Márquez's writing' Sunday Telegraph

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The book that sort of saved my life