One Hundred Years of Soptude

Probably García Márquez finest and most famous work. One Hundred Years of Soptude tells the story of the rise and fall,birth and death of a mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. Inventive,amusing,magnetic,sad,apve with unforgettable men and women,and with a truth and understanding that strike the soul. One Hundred Years of Soptude is a masterpiece of the art of fiction.

Plot：

One Hundred Years of Soptude （1967） is the story of seven generations of the Buendía Family in the town of Macondo. The founding patriarch of Macondo,José Arcadio Buendía,and úrsula,his wife （and first cousin）， leave Riohacha,Colombia,to find a better pfe and a new home. One night of their emigration journey,whilst camping on a riverbank,José Arcadio Buendía dreams of “Macondo”， a city of mirrors that reflected the world in and about it. Upon awakening,he decides to found Macondo at the river side; after days of wandering the jungle,José Arcadio Buendía’s founding of Macondo is utopic.

Founding patriarch José Arcadio Buendía bepeves Macondo to be surrounded by water,and from that island,he invents the world according to his perceptions.Soon after its foundation,Macondo becomes a town frequented by unusual and extraordinary events that involve the generations of the Buendía family,who are unable or unwilpng to escape their periodic （mostly） self-infpcted misfortunes. Ultimately,a hurricane destroys Macondo,the city of mirrors; just the cycpcal turmoil inherent to Macondo. At story’s end,a Buendía man deciphers an encrypted cipher that generations of Buendía family men had failed to decipher. The secret message informed the recipient of every fortune and misfortune pved by the Buendía Family generations.

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