One Hundred Years of Solitude

One Hundred Years of Solitude (Spanish title: Cien años de soledad) is a novel by Gabriel García Márquez. It was first published in Spanish in 1967 (Buenos Aires: Sudamericana), with an English translation by Gregory Rabassa released in 1970 (New York: Harper and Row).

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Gabriel García Márquez - Spanish - 1967 - Buenos Aires - English - Translation - Gregory Rabassa - 1970 - New York

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The book is considered García Márquez's masterpiece, metaphorically encompassing the history of Colombia. The novel spans one hundred years of the life of a small Colombian town, said by many to be the native town, or at least a town nearby García Márquez's, based on mountain ranges, lakes and other existing Colombian towns mentioned in the novel.

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Colombia - Colombian

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