Cien años de soledad (Spanish Edition)

The book is undoubtedly a classic and a masterpiece, it's just not my cup of tea. I don't like it when reality and fiction are mixed to that extent. The use of the Spanish language is superb, I had to look up so many words in the dictionary and Spanish is my first language. Having said all that I'm glad I read it.

Cien años de soledad es uno de esos libros, pocos libros, que me dejan un vacío en el alma. Esta noche ya no tendré más páginas de Cien años de soledad para leer. Y eso es realmente triste ¡Qué obra!

El libro es fácil de leer e interesante. Mi problema fueron los nombres, son muchos y me costo trabajó recordar quien era quien. Había visto el título en muchos lados y había oído hablar del libro por eso lo leí, no me arrepiento pues ahora no me lo pueden contar sin embargo no me parece la gran cosa, creo que el autor tiene mejores libros.

Ya un clásico, Cien Años de Soledad es un tremendo cuento.

Todo ocurre en una ciudad surrealista (Macondo). Para los que le gusta buscar el simbolismo y comentario político de un escrito, los diferentes caracteres dan mucha tela para cortar. Y a los que le guste simplemente leer un buen libro, aquí esta.

Son tantos los personajes creados por Márquez que a veces es difícil recordar quien es quien – pero eso es lo de menos.

El libro es de bolsillo, de mala calidad, en the store se ve un portada bonita en foto y la verdad es otra muy distinta de color rojiz, letra muy forzada a caber en la página, lo recomiendo solamente si quieres leer el libro y por su precio barato.

Please do not buy the version in the photo. I only received a tiny book that is about 4in x 4in and .25 in in thickness. I don’t know if it’s a summary or what but I didn’t take the time to open it as it evidently is not the actual book. Again, DO NOT buy the version in the photo!!!

No digo que la literatura colombiana sea mala al poner 4 estrellas ya que me gusto el libro, pero como estudiante, definitivamente una lectura pesada, un poco complicada y definitivamente tediosa. Es un buen libro, el contenido es asombroso, pero si no estan dispuestos a leer las 500 paginas, no lo compren porque eso es exactemente lo que uno tiene que hacer para llegar a un final que te deja suspirando.

This is a book I wanted to read for a long time. I had heard so many high praises I wanted to find out for myself. And I did not like what I read. I suppose I expected too much and this led to disappointment. To the point I could not finish reading it.

Me dan Pena estos grandes escritores como tienen que introdusir breves temas religiosos y pensar que pueden aser burla de estos. Lo ironico es que muchos no creen en Dios oh se disen ser agnosticos
Yo si creo en Dios como verdad absoluta y se que de Dios nadie se burla...

Horrible! Monotonous, with no redeeming qualities. I forced myself to finish it, expecting a surprise message in the end. Unfortunately, I wasted my time, and ended spiritually exhausted and drained.

Please ignore the reviewer that said that the narrator has a "distinctly Argentinian" accent. The narrator has a beautiful *Mexican* accent. Formal Mexican Spanish is extremely elegant and appropriate for this novel.

Additionally, the narrator's interpretation of the book shows a clear appreciation for the novel. I'm only half-way through, and I would not even think of having another narrator; it feels like the story is "his" story. I did have to overcome my initial reluctance after reading the other reviewer's comments, and am extremely grateful that I did.

I'm a native Spanish speaker. Just as I do in English, I prefer to slow the audio to 3/4 speed - thankful that this is an option, and that the sound retains the quality - as it gives me more of sense that I'm understanding every thought.

After reading all kinds of reviews about how wonderful this book is, I had to read it. I could not get beyond the first 25 pages. Boring beyond belief. Maybe the story picks up, but I doubt it.

During the 1st few pages it tells the story of this guy who buys a strong magnet from a Gypsy in an attempt to find gold with it. The magnet is so strong that it pulls the nails out of the walls of the houses and the houses collapse. See what I mean.

When I was a teenager, I tried but did not enjoy reading García Marquez. I have this memory of reading Chronicle of a Death Foretold and not making too much sense of it, not really understanding what was the point.

More than 20 years later, I received One Hundred Years of Solitude as a gift and gave it chance. What a reversal! This book might not be necessarily a page-turner, but it surely opens your mind and twists it a little bit. Two features stand out:

a) The powerful and rich prose of García Márquez. He was a distinct ability to combine words in new and forceful ways. You're quietly reading and then, pow!, you get this unexpected mix of words. This mix you never imagine could be done, but now that it's there, it feels as if there was no other way to put it (I refer here to the Spanish version of the book)
b) The clear sense that there are several layers to the story. And for this I accept my limitations and lack of formal literary training. I barely could feel there was more to the story. I am sure scholars have a field day with this work.

In case anyone wonders, this book tells the story of the Buendia family. They settle in a small town (Macondo) in the countryside of an unnamed country (which we could assume is Colombia) and, through generations, live the ups and downs of Macondo.

I love this book. Between it and "The House of the Spirits". They both remind me of when I was a kid living in Puerto Rico.
I probably have read most of Gabo's works and this is his masterpiece. I understand where he is coming from in his writing. Almost as if he knows how I think. I believe that when you are Hispanic and have lived in a latin country then you can appreciate these books even more. The smells and tastes of the local fruits, the nightime breezes and lights, the smells of the orange trees that flow though the house mixed with the brewing of the freshly picked coffee that wakes you up in the morning. Where I grew up people believed in things that are talked about in these books. Also, the story line behind "One hundred years of solitude" is amazing. Great drama from a latin perspective. Also, the ending is shocking and the characters are very intimate throughout the book. My advise to you is "Get it and Read it".

Una de las primeras novelas que lei dos veces de manera consecutiva y me encanto. Llena de humor, abstracción, pintorescas escenas que mantienen al lector pegado a sus paginas. Eso y mucho mas paso conmigo al leer esta singular obra, por la cual su autor pudo ser galardonado con uno de los mayores premios a nivel mundial. Aprendí muchísimo al leer este libro, me memoria se educo delicadamente para no olvidar la secuencia en la cual se presentan los hechos generación tras generación en la vida de cada Buendia. Aprendí muchísimas palabras y frases que pude aplicar en la lectura de otros libros. Excelente para una lectura refrescante y profunda.

What definitively marked this subduing novel throughout the Pantheon of the immortality was to have got the perfect balance between an organic depicting coherence and a winged concatenation of fevered delirium; the accurate involvement between Eros and Psyche, that invisible sensation of getting into a new universe of unlimited possibilities, where we agree to become accomplices of this master of ceremony; wizard of the dreamy landscapes and old shaman of the word.

The multiple web of pertinent circumstances that surround that small village named Macondo were so bewitching interweaved and magically disposed that produced a febrile positive effervescence in the reader, because as the cathartic experience demands, there are neither rules nor roads. The terrible humidity of Macondo overwhelms us and in the meantime leads to new coordinates of the historic perspective, where time and space are badly drawn and the sensation of vertigo and insecurity involves the reader.

With this work, Garcia Marquez not only achieved that coveted pearl so many times described in Mythology that represents the summon of the creative pinnacle; besides he opened the gate for the rest of the world to discover that famous phrase, wedged by Vasconcelos: "Latin America: the cosmic race"

We can find similar parallelisms if we take a look around: Picasso and Guernica, Schubert and his String Quintet Op.163

This pyramidal feat so many times desired and so few times achieved, not only consolidated the prestige of his creator, but simultaneously allowed the rest of the world to acquire a vertiginous interest for other notable writers of the fantastic literature, such Onetti, Horacio Quiroga, Borges, Bioy Casares, Cortazar or Miguel Angel Asturias.

With this book, Gabriel Garcia Marquez engolfes the reader into a laberinth of fantastic lifes lived, settings that can only be described as dream-like and details that baffle and challenge the imagination. This is the story of the Buendia family, a town call Macondo and it's inhabitants, throughout the decades and generations Buendias . As background to this Marquez offers the Colombia of a period of civil war and political isntability at all levels. Although this novel is far from being a political banner of any kind it does offer a satisfying taste satire and magic. Garcia Marquez at his best narrative style, fills this story with chaotic and obsessive characters that take the reader through a land of alchimy, Gypsies and bounless unending love that breakes the reason of mind. This book is highly recomended to any one who has a taste for stories of the strugles of the mind and the some times the blury line between the magic of this world and irrelevancy of our lives. This book has been translated into more than seventy laguages, with no sensable loss of content, but is always a pleasure to read it in the language in which the wirter originaly concived it.

Having a soft corner for classification, one can classify everything. The books also can be classified. For example, into good and bad ones. In this case "100 Years of Solitude" is a good book. Or they can be classifies into great and good. Therefore "100 Years of Solitude" is considered a great book. Or into those, which got a Nobel Prize and those, which did not. Marques got Nobel Prize for his book "100 Years of Solitude". But to classify the contents of this book and to tell what is this book about...? it's next to impossible. It is about small town Macondo on the bank of the river, which runs its clear water in the white-stone polished bed. It's about the world of Latin America, quite a new world, that some things even do not have a name, and have to be pointed with the finger... About six generations of Buandia family... About love, loneliness and death. About endless cyclic recurrence and reiteration of love, loneliness and death. Reiteration, but already in other people, other characters, words and other life. In the life, which is impossible without love, loneliness and death. What amazes most in the book - is the great number of people, destinies and plots. Just imagine - the talented Shakespeare specialist made up his mind to summarize each Shakespeare play in one page. He has to carefully preserve grandeur, language, tragedy and humor. He selects two-three best quotations, unites the characters of all plays together as relatives or citizens of one town. He replaces castles and palaces by streets, where simple white houses sink in the heat under almond-trees for half a year, and for the rest of the year they sail in the rain like ships in an autumn sea. Replaces swords and man's sleeveless jackets by simple homemade clothes. Replaces crowded Europe by boundless selva, by poppy fields, where one can find the island of Spanish galleon and the Cordilleras, with peaks, buried in snow and clouds. The book might tuned out to be praise-worthy. But to make it similar to "100 Years of Solitude" it had to be saturated with unique rhythm and atmosphere of Latin America, as Marques did. One of his interview cited that the most difficult for him was to present the language of the novel. He had to tell this in such a manner, like his forefathers did: impassively, with absolute firm calmness, which can not be destroyed even if the world turns upside down. This fascination of impassivity in the face of joy and sorrow, impassivity, but not heartlessness, could not have appeared in Marques characters without any reason. It needed about 400 years of mixing blood of Spanish adventurer-conquistadors, which contained both European and Moorish blood, with Indian blood, which originated the art of patient waiting. Waiting, which is similar to many-hour immobility of condor soaring above the mountain canyons. It needed to happen mixing of risk of bullfights with ferocity of cockfights, mixing of Arabic and catholic styles of architecture in Spain, brought through calm and storm of the Atlantic, with the nature of Latin America, with jungles and salt sea winds. It needed to happen to give birth to an old man, which paid attention neither to ardent rose bushes, nor to spilled shine of sunset, and could answer the question of a stranger, which dared to break his loneliness: - What are you doing, colonel? - I am just sitting and waiting when coffin with my body will be carried by.
The novel "100 Years of Solitude" to some extend is written like a mirror. Marques looked into it and saw the town of his childhood, his granny, bustling about, and his grandpa, the veteran of the Civil war. Any reader of this book can look at himself in the mirror. In one of the pages he will see the reflection of his love, loneliness or death. But there is nothing sad in it. The life comes back again and again, but only Macondo will have been destroyed by hurricane and have been escaped from human memory. Those human generations, which are condemned to hundred years of loneliness, are not fated to appear on the Earth twice.

This particular edition has large print letters (about 12 point I gather) and some beautiful illustrations as well as the Buendía family tree at the beginning. Much more comfortable to read which is a great incentive, and great quality as a paperback. Don’t know why more books aren’t printed this way.

Soy estudiante de lenguas y literatura en una universidad americana. Me encanta mucho la literatura espanola, especialmente aquella de latinoamerica. He leido esta novela para una clase espanola de literatura. Fue una de las ochos novelas que explicaba los sentimientos del autor sobre los problemas de Latinoamerica. Hemos commentado sobre el significado de los nombres repetidos, la soledad de cada personaje de la novela y al fin, si Latinoamerica puede tener un futuro seguro con la proxima generacion; aquella de Aurelio, el hijo de la Meme. Lo dice bien el autor mexicano,Carlos Fuentes,cuando assume el papel de los autores latinoamericanos "Cada de nosotros escribimos la misma historia, pero lo escribimos en diferentes capitulos." Para Marquez, escribio la historia de Columbia de una manera que puede expresar su sentimiento realistico.

There is not enough one can say about this book.
While Spanish is my native tongue, I don't feel as comfortable with it as in English, so originally (some 20 years ago) I read it in English. Now that Gabo passed and my heart broke, I decided to revisit it in his original rendering.
Everything about this book is indescribably beautiful, surreal an engrossing. Once one gets in it's impossible to get out.

No hay palabras que hagan justicia a este libro.
Aun cuando Castellano es my lengua madre, originalmente lo lei en Ingles ( el idioma en que me siento mas comoda).
Ahora que Gabo se murio, y se me rompio el corazon, decidi revisitar el libro, esta vez en su lengua original.
Este es un libro indescribiblemente hermoso, una vez que uno lo entra es imposible salir.

Disculpen my Castellano, esta computadora no tiene acentos (o yo no se donde ponerlos)

`Cien años de soledad' es un libro inmortal que estará en nuestra biblioteca mucho más de cien años. García Márquez nos ha hecho un legado que trasciende generaciones y que nunca será borrado de nuestra memoria. Lo recomiendo. Recomiendo también otros buenos libros de toda clase de temas y de diferentes autores tales como: La herencia de la rosa blanca', `Una mañana de marzo',Resurgir de la esvástica, El (Ebook) [Versión Kindle], y El tiempo escondido. Todos buenos.

No se si sera la mejor historia jamas contada en idioma español, pero desde que a los 14 años la lei por primera vez se connvirtio en parte de mi vida, porque desde esa vez primera la he leido incontable cantidades de veces. Para mi es simplemente una de esas historias de las que uno se enamora y sin importar las veces que la leas, siempre encontraras cosas nuevas en cada lectura. Gabriel Garcia Marquez es simplemente inmenso.

When I first started this book I wasn't entirely sure I'd be able to finish it. Some of the words used baffled even my native Spanish speaking boyfriend. It wasn't until I finished it that I was fully convinced of its genius. It's tough, but a wonderfully winding story.

El mejor libro que he leido, no pude evitar que las lagrimas se me salieran cuando termine de leerlo. Deberia ser requerido en todas las salas de clase en donde se estudie la literatura latinoamericana. No solamente tiene el realismo magico que hace facinante nuestra literatura, si no que tambien posee rasgos costumbristas de nuestros paises latinos, especialmente de mi bella COLOMBIA. Garcia Marquez es un orgullo para el pueblo latino, y por ende, para mi adorado pais. No dejen de leer este maravilloso libro. Carolina Martinez, Nueva York.

Cien años de soledad es probablemente la mejor obra que haya escrito Garcia Marquez o cualquier otro escritor latinoamericano hasta ahora. Esta escrita con un riquísimo lexico, las descripciones del ambiente alrededor, de las diversas situaciones que enfrentan los personajes, y la increíble cantidad de detalles sobre estos y sus vidas, hacen de este libro un indiscutible merecedor del Premio Nobel que ganó. Si no has leído este libro, leelo, ya que el sólo hacerlo es una experiencia inolvidable.

This is one of my favorite books. I have read it twice already and will probably read it again. Every time I read this book I find new gems in the story and in the people and places that Gabo has written about here. I feel a connection to it that is almost spiritual. Maybe that's because I am Latin American also. Its like stepping into a dream.

I read this a couple of times in English. I memorized the opening lines of many of Gabo's opening line because the opening line of this novel left me in a surreal state. It still does. Now it's time to attempt the Spanish version. Wish me luck.

Muchos años dispués, ...

Para mi leer este libro fue fascinante, hay tantos personajes en la historia. Vi algunos comentarios y mis amigos me dijeron que esta muy enredada la historia, que hay ocasiones en las que ya no sabían quienes eran los personajes . Sin embargo, cuando yo leí este libro ya había leído una gran parte de la obra de García Márquez, así que es buenos leer sus obras pequeñas para leer las mas grandes. La única novela que se me ha hecho difícil de leer es el Otoño del Patriarca, esa es todo un reto.

Best book ever! Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a genius when writing novels and this is a example of why.
This novel takes hold of you from the first sentence, and does not let you go until the very end. Its a story of a mans life flashing before his eyes, and the generation of his family throughout the book. A chronological tale that takes you back and forth through time, describing the impact that a family has in the formation of a town that later becomes a city.
A very emotional novel, telling stories of life a death, grief and happiness, love and hate, that by the time you finish reading it you would feel that you are a part of the book.
I would recommend this book to anyone who loves great Latino literature, because this is truly a south American jewel.

He leído esta novela varias veces. Esta llena de exageraciones, fantasía, pasión, odio, luchas, mentiras, alegría, tristeza... en fin, es una verdadera delicia. Cuenta la historia de la familia Buendía Iguaran y de sus descendientes, una historia de precisamente 100 años. Vemos sus intensas vidas y como cada una se interseca creando una historia única. Es algo complicada (los nombres de los personajes se repiten varias veces y el autor utiliza varios términos originarios de su Colombia) pero en general es excelente. La recomiendo para todo el que sea amante de la buena literatura.

I'm not one to praise or hype above deserved merit. Cien Años De Soledad, which I read in its original language - Spanish, is the best book I've read. While some may find it confusing, it actually gets easier as you read on.

I tend to breeze through books but this book prevented me for doing so. Albeit for a bit of its complexity but more so because you want to enjoy every minute of it. There are many things, which you know are impossible in the real world, but you want to believe and you do believe in the end.

Some may say that it's a slow read and that some parts are even boring, well, yes, some parts are boring but not so much a flaw of the writing but a way for the reader to really get to know each character thoroughly without distraction.

Another point to note, and the best part to me, is the ending. Most books end with the love-couple finally getting together or the killer finally revealed or the main character somehow overcoming their worst fears, not this one, no sir, this is the mother of all endings. The Sixth Sense's ending is crap compared to the ending of Cien Años De Soledad.

I've had this book in my collection for the last 5 years. I tried to pick it up when I was 20 but I'm glad I waited. A couple of nights ago I couldn't sleep and went to my study to pick it up. I haven't slept since.

Cien años de soledad is a literary triumph. It tells us the story of the Buendías, the founders of Macondo, a small village somewhere in South America (my guess being Colombia, of course). García Márquez takes the reader into the lives and deaths and everything in between of this singular family and how their lives, though so magical and tragic at times, relate to yours and mine. The language and diction are just perfect (though I recommend a good Spanish dictionary because some words can be tricky), making you travel to this very remote place and experience ice, magnets, telegraphs, trains and bananas for the very first time.

This is without a doubt, one of the best books you'll ever read. Get a piece of paper, write down the family tree (because it will get confusing) and enjoy the ride.

"...porque las estirpes condenadas a cien años de soledad no tienen una segunda oportunidad sobre la tierra."

Cien Anos de Soledad is probably the greatest Spanish-language book written in the 20th century. Gabriel Garcia Marquez captures the history, the transformation, the culture, the pains and the joys of being Latin-American in every page of this rare gem. His accomplishment will be referred to by all readers in this century as well. A must read for all.

‘Cien años de soledad’ es una obra maestra de la literatura donde convergen matices sociales diversos que logran hacer al lector ser parte de la historia. Una trama y un escenario que es parte de las vivencias del autor y que logra ser transmitido con maestría hacia los lectores logrando identificarse en cada página y hacer de este libro uno muy especial. Lo recomiendo para aquellos amantes de la buena literatura. Recomiendo también: B00HUSU50K El apóstol Pablo

Simple y sencillamente deliciosa. Es una novela para leer con calma y disfrutarla de principio a fin. Este es un libro que he leido tres veces por lo menos. Garcia Marquez al recrear y describir Macondo, al igual que a sus personajes, nos retrata a muchos de nosotros y a nuestros pueblos de origen, que pudieran ubicarse en cualquier pais Sudamericano. Absolutamente recomendable!!

It's very hard for me to describe this book, or to explain
what it is about. I only can say that it left me deeply
troubled...something mythically desperate. It's the story of
a clan, condemned to solitude. Either of its members, innate or
adopted, suffers from either love, or solitude, or death...but not a mixture.
One very good friend described this work by an analogy to ergotic
systems (from statistical mechanics in physics)...there are two
ways to measure the "average" of a system: either by fixing a single point and observe it for a very long time, or by fixing a time and observing all of the space. If the averages found in both these ways is the same, then the system is called ergotic.
Buendia familly in this sence was ergotic. It's history consisted of endless repetitions and cycles, and meanwhile a
look on all its members at a given time would describe its present, past and future.

Quien dice que Cien años de soledad no es más que realismo mágico, tiene una visión muy restringida de la literatura. Es una épica, la historia de la humanidad, una historia que atrapa al lector desde la primer línea. La novela que terminó con el regionalismo y refleja siempre a la sociedad latinoamericana como un todo, influida por el mundo capitalista estadounidense. Un libro en el que un inventor fracasado, un coronel antiheroico, una madre de familia resignada y demás personajes estereotipados del mundo actual forman parte de la realidad de la que el autor hace burla, a tal grado de sentir compasión por sus propios personajes, por la suma de esfuerzos siempre inútlies por hacer bien las cosas, a causa de la falta de amor, a la que se hace referencia durante toda la novela. El personaje principal es Macondo, el pueblo mismo, que sobrevive al olvido por cien años de fracasos personales y acontecimientos fantásticos, para finalmente desaparecer sin rastro alguno, al igual que toda su historia. Excelente novela, es EL libro, narrado con el excelente lenguage poético tan propio de GGM.

Hay tres momentos importantes en la década de los sesenta, y los tres ocurrieron el mismo año: 1967
Muere fusilado el Che Guevara y se termina de mitificar por completo el socialismo
Los Beatles lanzan "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"
Gabriel García Márquez escribe esta joya.
El señor GGM escribió el libro más trascendental e influyente de la literatura en habla hispana, después del Quijote. Nada lo ha podido superar hasta ahora. No comparto las opiniones políticas de Gabo ni su cariño al dictador bananero Fidel, pero si admito que es un auténtico genio en escribir una historia sobre la crisis de identidad latinoamericana que se ve reflejada en metáforas como el insomnio, la lluvia, los gitanos, la guerra civil, la bella remedios, la ardiente Meme y el Judío Errante.
Emilio Cacao

once youstart this novel you wil not put it down till the end you wil feel as a member of the Buendia inthis novel you will find again some actors of other novels like la mama gande etc::: Ihava read and re read it at least 5 times and every time I find something new READ IT it is quite an experience

I read this book for many year and found it simply wonderful!! I have now bought it for a German friend that can speak and read good Spanish. This is a "must" of Latinamerican literature, beautifuly written, splenid story, with a touch of magic mixed with the real world. Gabriel Garcia Marques has been, together with Mario Vargas Llosa and a couple others, for the last twenty or thirty years one of those authors that are constantly writting novels and stories nobody can ignore.

Deseo adquirir este libro, por favor envienme informacion, de como puedo comprarlo por the store. Porque en Mexico la Editorial Diana no ha contestado mis mails de compra. Le leido la mayoria de las obras de Garcia Marquez, pero este no he podido localizar ni en las librerias locales ni en las bibliotecas.

Este libro, de gran renombre, traza un fresco de una familia y un pueblo durante un siglo - de la fundación de Macondo para José Arcadio Buendía hasta la decadencia del pueblo y de la familia fundadora. El libro pasa las cuatro generaciones de la familia Buendía después que José Arcadio se estableció sobre la tierra firme al fondo de la ciénaga - en poco tiempo la aldea tuvo 300 personas. El grupo de habitantes se estableció en una región alrededor de los indignes y los campamentos de gitanos. Al principio del libro, un gitano, Melquíades, un gran sabio de los conocimientos antiguos, presentía a las nuevas llegadas. De hecho, Melquíades, sus frascos, sus escritos y sus pergaminos queda presente en la historia de la familia Buendía hasta el fin del libro.
La evolución de la historia de Macondo sigue una curva haciendo alarde a la familia. Después la primera generación que había establecido el pueblo, los Buendía tenían un papel importante. La segunda generación estuve muy preocupado por la guerra. Durante veinte años Aureliano Buendía, el hijo de José Arcadio, lucha en la guerra civil que oponía los partidos libérales y conservadores. El coronel Aureliano y la mayoría de la población de Macondo sostenían los liberales que querían la revisión de títulos de propiedad para una repartición mas justa de las tierras. Pero al fin de la guerra, los dos partidos acordaron por abandonar esta exigencia. Para Aureliano esta traición fue el punto final - dijo "desde este momento solo luchamos por el poder."
Para la tercera generación, el desarrollo del pueblo fue una preocupación muy grande. Aureliano Triste, nieto de José Arcadio, con la colaboración de otros empresarios, llevaba un ferrocarril para unir Macondo a los centros urbanos. Entonces, Macondo se convertía en un centro de producción de banano. Una empresa americana se estableció, importó los trabajadores, construyó nuevas casas y los barrios del pueblo. Pero, en la última generación, toda esta prosperidad cayó durante un período catastrófico de cuatro años once meses y dos días de lluvia. La empresa de banano quebró, los trabajadores dejaran Macondo y quedaron los barrios y las casas desertas y en ruina.
Esa novela no es fácil a leer, Garcia Marquez tiene un vocabulario muy rico, describe en detalla las personalidades del libro y utilaza muchas palabras y expresiones colombianas que no son todavía fácil a comprender. Pero, la lectura de esta historia vale la peña, ella presenta muy bien los deferentes niveles de la sociedad, los conflictos y las costumbres. De más, todos los temas de la novela, de la familia y del pueblo ven conjuntas en un fin muy espectacular y horrible. Para mi, Cien Años es un de los mejores historias que ha leído después algunas años.

Esta obra es el resultado de un trabajo literario realmente genial. Es universal, contiene todos los matices necesarios para representar modelos magicos de la naturaleza humana, no tiene fronteras ni parametros especificos. Sobrevivira a los tiempos y quizas a libros como la biblia.

I hate to rain on the Márquez parade, but I really disliked this book. The main character was basically a loser who became a pervert, lusting after the teenager who had been entrusted to his guardianship. I loved the Spanish (hence two stars instead of one) but just couldn't stomach the plot.

I thought this was going to be historical fiction based on the history of Colombia. Much to my disappointment, it was a combination of realism and myth. I do realize that this book won many awards, including the Nobel Prize. I understood it, and I do read critically, but I did not enjoy this at all.

A very good book that describes all the face of politics in a way that everybody can understnad. You relate to the characters in a way of another, in some part of the story. What pops out of this book is that evey character is a main character in some part of the book.

Amo el genero literario del realismo y este libro lo combina con magia y fantasia creando el realismo fantastico, para los amantes de las obras de Gabriel Garcia Marquez cuando lean este libro sabran porque es el mejor libro escrito por el, para mi el mejor libro en español jamas escrito, el que diga que es el aburrido Quijote es porque no a leido 100 años de soledad. Me facino la forma de contar la historia transportandos de un lugar a otra sin percatarnos, y la manera de pasar de generacion en generacion sin perder el interes historia tras histora

I am a follower of Marquez and have read most of his works. This one continues to be my very favorite and I have read it several times in Spanish. I purchased your recent offer as my paperback copy was falling apart. The book can still teach us lessons that fit today's world.

The book was very good. I think it's a pity that Nicolas Evans haven't write more than two books. The story is beautiful and touching. Untill now The Horsewhisperer is the most beautiful book I ever read. I think that's the opinion of everybody who read the book.

One of the best books written originally in Spanish by Nobel Prize Gabriel Garcia Marquez. I read both the Spanish and the English versions and for purposes of reviewing this item, I have to say the English version is very good. Well worth the reading! Add it to your collection of must read, obviously if you enjoy good literature.

I have read this book 10 times in Spanish and three times in English and evrey time I have enjoyed it a lot, in both languages. I would say this book is a classic in the modern latin american literature.

Marques' "100 Years of Solitude" is a great novel for anyone interested in the study Magical realism. It merges the history of a South American family with the villiage set up by the head of the family. With a few interesting twists along the way it makes for an intriguing read ,however the names can get a little confusing .If you are not very good with names ,the family tradition of naming all of the males with very similar names, in very simmilar combinations mixed with the pace of the book (100 years in just over 400 pages) it may leave a little lost. A very good example of Magical Realism for anyone interested in the field.

Una obra maestra de la literatura en español. Indispensable leerlo para comprender a nuestro gé

nero humano.
Junto con la obra de Jorge Luis Borges, Elena Garro y Blanca Hefferan forma parte fundamental de Realismo Mágico en latinoamericano.
No debe faltar en nuestras bibliotecas.

Hay que tener en cuenta que GGM fue finalmente reconocido y premiado justamente por este libro. La historia esta escrita con una sensibilidad extrema y lleva el lector a un viaje por el tiempo que acompaña una familia muy interessante, pero también muy rara. Hay que leerlo com calma y, a veces, buscar la ayuda de lapis y papel para no perderse en el laberinto de nombres iguales. Además, a quién le interesar leer este libro, que no caiga en la tentación de comprar una obra comentada: se pirde mucho tiempo en leer lo que piensan otros acerca del livro y del autor en vez de aprovechar la lectura y sacar sus propias conclusiones. Hay de todo: para reír, para llorar, cosas fantásticas y otras muy reales. Estupendo!

Este es un libro fascinante, lleno de realismo mágico, aventuras, drama y pasión. Un libro con el que se puede identificar cualquier latinoamericano por todo lo que tiene de cotidiano y de supersticioso. La historia tiene ciertas similitudes con la Biblia (Génesis, Exodo, Evangelios) , con las Mil y Una Noches y otras literaturas; lo que hacen que leerla le parezca a uno muy familiar aparte de que el lenguaje que utiliza García Márquez es muy sencillo y cotidiano. Nadie que la lea olvidará jamás a Ursula, o a Fernanda del Carpio, a Remedios la Bella o a cualquiera de los Aurelianos o José Arcadios. Es un libro adictivo para aquellos que dan sus primeros pasos en la buena literatura.

Después del Quijote, la mejor novela escrita en español, pero también la mejor novela contemporanea de nuestros tiempos. Es por eso, impresindible leerla.

I have yet to read a book that enthralled me more, and simply could not put down, and when I finished reading it, I read many more times. Although I'm an avid reader, time constraints prevent me from this pleasure, but for Cien Anos de Soledad, I found the time. This book truly taught me to enjoy reading. A must in everyone's library!

This is a book everybody should have in his or her collection. I have read it twice, and certainly will read it again. I've never met anyone who didn't like it. I would recommend it to my best friend and my worst enemy. It's funny, exotic and will make you forget everything around you, even your upstairs neighboors noisily remodelling their apartment.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez, es el Maestro de Maestros. El Arte entre todas
las Artes.
Un verdadero tesoro es este libro "Cien Anos de Soledad".
Despues de la "Biblia", es la Obra mas importante que le leido en mi Vida.

Para todos aquellos que no lo han leido es una obra que vale la pene digerir. Es una experiencia inolvidable el sentirse parte de la familia Buendia en sus cien años de vida y envolverse en su ir y venir existencial.

What do you do now that you've read the perfect book? This book will lift you out of yourself and whose ending will leave you mesmerised by its sheer weight of impact. This is a must-read for anyone mildly interested in hispanic culture.

While this is a masterpiece of literature, and one that I like to re-read every few years, I cannot understand how a narrator with a distinctly Argentinian accent could have been chosen. He has great tone and diction but a more neutral accent or better yet: a Colombian one would have been a far better choice. This is like listening to Shakespeare or Churchill read by someone with a Brooklyn or Australian accent: nothing wrong with these accents per se, but totally inappropriate and distracting from the story.

El mejor libro que he leido, no pude evitar que las lagrimas se me salieran cuando termine de leerlo. Deberia ser requerido en todas las salas de clase en donde se estudie la literatura latinoamericana. No solamente tiene el realismo magico que hace facinante nuestra literatura, si no que tambien posee rasgos costumbristas de nuestros paises latinos, especialmente de mi bella COLOMBIA. Garcia Marquez es un orgullo para el pueblo latino, y por ende, para mi adorado pais. No dejen de leer este maravilloso libro. Carolina Martinez, Nueva York.

I rate this book in terms of availability. Not available in Mexico? You've got to be kidding me. I am so eager to read great books in my language with my kindle, but the store or whoever is responsible doesn't seem to care at all. Therefore, I'll go torrent the book in this very moment.