num_pages: 429
description: One of the most influential literary works of our time, One Hundred Years of Solitude remains a dazzling and original achievement by the masterful Gabriel Garcia Marquez, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.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 Buendiá 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.
language: English
title: One Hundred Years of Solitude
titlecomplete: One Hundred Years of Solitude
characters: Amaranta Buendía, Aureliano Segundo, Remedios Moscote, Aureliano Buendía, Rebeca Buendía, Santa Sofía de la Piedad, Aureliano Babilonia, Úrsula Iguarán, Mauricio Babilonia, Melquiades, Aureliano José, Remedios la bella Buendía, Amaranta Úrsula Buendía, Meme Buendía, Pietro Crespi, José Arcadio Buendía, Petra Cotes, Arcadio Buendía, Fernanda del Carpio, José Arcadio Segundo, Gerineldo Márquez, José Arcadio Buendía, hijo, Pilar Ternera
genres: Spanish Literature, Unfinished, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Fantasy, Fiction, Magical Realism, Modern Classics
ratings_count: 937028
places: Macondo, Colombia
awards: awardedAt: 63100800000
name: Premio Internacional de Novela Rómulo Gallegos, awardedAt: -31507200000
name: Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger
category: Roman
publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics