One of the most influential and venerated books in world literature, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a dazzling and original achievement of the human imagination. A rich and brilliant chronicle of life and death, Gabriel García Márquez’s extraordinary work of magical realism tells the story of the mythical village of Macondo, as seen through the lives of seven generations of the Buendia family. In the noble, outrageous, beautiful, and tawdry story of the Buendías, one sees all of humanity, just as in the history, myths, growth, and decay of Macondo one sees all of Latin America.             A radiant story, alternately reverential and comical, and brimming with truth, compassion, and a lyrical magic that strikes the soul, One Hundred Years is a masterpiece of the art of fiction.