by Gabriel García Márquez, Joaquín Marco · Distribooks Inc · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423921003
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«Cien años de soledad» is the novel by Gabriel García Márquez, published by Distribooks Inc in paperback (448 pages, in Spanish).
Cien años de soledad follows the Buendía family over seven generations in the fictional town of Macondo, where the everyday blends with the extraordinary, and is a central work of magical realism that explores memory, power, solitude, and the fate of a lineage marked by the repetition of names.
Cien años de soledad was originally published in 1967; this edition, from 1991, belongs to the Selecciones Austral collection and includes the introductory study by Joaquín Marco.
Cien años de soledad is a read for anyone wanting to approach a classic of magical realism and Hispanic American literature.
Gabriel José García Márquez was a Colombian writer and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo or Gabito throughout Latin America. Considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century, particularly in the Spanish language, he was awarded the 1972 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature. He pursued a self-directed education that resulted in leaving law school for a career in journalism. From early on he showed no inhibitions in his criticism of Colombian and foreign politics. In 1958, he married Mercedes Barcha Pardo; they had two sons, Rodrigo and Gonzalo.
