Literature
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel García Márquez · 1967
Lindy Score
8,854·Classic
59 yrs
Age
4
Endorsers
Why it endured
The defining novel of magical realism — the multigenerational saga of the Buendía family in the fictional town of Macondo. Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. García Márquez created an entire continent's mythology in a single book. One of the most read and re-read novels of the 20th century.
What they're saying
4 people recommend this book
Neil GaimanAuthor & storyteller
“Magical realism at its finest. García Márquez proved that imagination and truth are not opposites.”
J.K. RowlingAuthor
“One Hundred Years of Solitude showed me that fiction can carry the weight of history, family, and myth simultaneously.”
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Reese WitherspoonActor & founder of Hello Sunshine
“García Márquez's masterpiece changed what I thought literature could be.”
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