One Hundred Years of Solitude novel by Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez is an epic novel that tells the story of the Buendía family over seven generations, from its founding in the nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth century.
The novel opens with the story of José Arcadio Buendía, who runs away from his home in Riohacha, Colombia, after he kills Prudencio Aguilar after a cockfight for implying that José Arcadio was impotent. He travels to Macondo, a small town in the Colombian jungle, and marries Ursula Iguaran, his cousin.
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez is an epic novel that tells the story of the Buendía family over seven generations, from its founding in the nineteenth century to the end of the twentieth century.
The novel opens with the story of José Arcadio Buendía, who runs away from his home in Riohacha, Colombia, after he kills Prudencio Aguilar after a cockfight for implying that José Arcadio was impotent. He travels to Macondo, a small town in the Colombian jungle, and marries Ursula Iguaran, his cousin.
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