One Hundred Years of Solitude
García Márquez's magical realist epic chronicles seven generations of the Buendía family in the fictional town of Macondo. Blending myth, history, and fantasy, the novel explores themes of time, memory, fate, and Latin American identity. Its cyclical narrative structure and surreal events create a unique meditation on human nature and the passage of time.
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