One Hundred Years Of Solitude Penguin Classics

Yet its genius is in the operatic telling.

One hundred years of solitude penguin classics. Since many of the reviewers here have identified the glories of this breathtaking novel far better than i could it would be redundant and presumptuous to paraphrase their observations. Equally tragic joyful and comical gabriel garcia marquez s masterpiece of magical realism one hundred years of solitude is a seamless blend of fantasy and reality translated from the spanish by gregory rabassa in penguin modern classics gabriel garcia marquez s great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the buendia family and of macondo the town they have built. One hundred years of solitude is substantive and substantial and its prose precise for the simple reason that its sentences are too exquisite to be inessential. In one hundred years of solitude gabriel garcia marquez has done nothing less than recount human history and yes even human nature itself seen from every angle in a mere 417 pages.

One hundred years of solitude widely considered márquez s magnum opus is a magic realist classic. It is a novel on which is bestowed the laurels usually awarded to great works of frugal prose. As the name suggests the book is epic in scope following the fortunes and misfortunes of members of the buendía family across several generations. One hundred years of solitude penguin modern classics paperback 6 september 2007 by gabriel garcia marquez author 4 4 out of 5 stars 2 820 ratings.

One hundred years of solitude this edition published in 1970 by penguin modern classics in london.