by Gabriel García Márquez · ISBN 9789588774060
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One Hundred Years of Solitude is a novel by Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982. It is considered a masterpiece of Hispanic American and universal literature, the pinnacle of the so-called "magic realism". It is also one of the most translated and read works in Spanish. It tells the story of the Buendía family over seven generations in the fictional town of Macondo.
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.
