Gabriel García Márquez's great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of
the Buendía family and of Macondo, the town they have built. Though little more
than a settlement surrounded by mountains, Macondo has its wars and disasters,
even its wonders and miracles. A microcosm of Columbian life, its secrets lie
hidden, encoded in a book and only Aureliano Buendía can fathom its mysteries
and reveal its shrouded destiny. Blending political reality with magic realism,
fantasy with comic invention, One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the most
daringly original works of the twentieth century.