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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 863.64
EAN: 9780060883287
ISBN: 0060883286
Label: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 448
Publication Date: March 01, 2006
Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
Release Date: February 21, 2006
Sales Rank: 1412
Studio: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
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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 BuendÃa 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.
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I had to read this book for my English class. I didn't know anything about it other than it's legendary status. As I read it, I enjoyed it. It took me time to get through it and for me, it was not the kind of book I could sit down and read a page or two during commercials of the TV show I was watching. But more than I enjoyed it while reading, I enjoyed it even more afterwards, as strange as it sounds.
Since finishing the book over a month ago, I am constantly thinking about it and ... Read More
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I knew I would hate the book. I can't stand magic, fantasy books or huge sprawling books. The short elegant novel is for me. But I thought I'd just try a few pages. A day later, my work copletely ignored, I emerged exhausted but exilerated. Yet, this is one of the greatest books I've ever read and I have reread it now several times, always amazed at the power and beauty of the writing.
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This story reads like a Spanish soap opera. Lots of things happen: affairs, revolutions, secrets, magic. But at the end, do you really care? Nope. I couldn't identify with a single character, as they were all one-dimensional and neurotic. My friend's mom said this book is supposed to say something about the history and politics of the region it's based in. If that's true, then that area of the world must be very sad indeed. How do books like this get held up as great examples of fiction?
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From what I've heard, this book is far more powerful in the original Spanish, and I can only lament that I don't speak Spanish. I felt that long stretches of the book, such as Colonel Buendia's various revolutions and the chapters dealing with the banana plantation, were great. The elements of magical realism were as touching as they were astonishing. But I never grew unaccustomed to the book's pace, which moves herky-jerky through the decades, sometimes focusing on a single event for pages, then ... Read More
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez has written many novels over the years, but I have had the privilege to read only two. This book is written in the style of magical realism, so you have to be very open minded about the creative and surrealistic characters. It's a wonderful, classic book from a great Latin American author.
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