Cien años de soledad

Cien Aos de Soledad (One Hundred Years of Solitude) is one of Gabriel Garcá Márquez's most well-known works, highlighting the history of the Buendia family. The book begins with a scene of Colonel Aureliano Buendia standing in front of a firing squad, which is followed by any pages that circle back in time to provide a clear 100-year backstory of the entire Buendia family and the fictional town of Macondo, founded by José Arcadio Buendia.

This seminal novel by Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez is usually the first thing that comes to mind when you mention Spanish literature. It tells the story of the Buendia family's various generations in the fictional town of Macondo and has come to symbolize the story of Colombia, its civil wars, and its fate as a nation. It is an iconic work of Latin American Magical Realism, influenced by Modernism and the Cuban Vanguardia movement. It has been translated into 37 languages and has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide.

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