It's a furious, passionate, seething novel filled with hallucinogenic scenery. One Hundred Years of Solitude is a book that took the world by storm. The question of what is real is at the heart of a genre championed by Gabriel García Márquez-magical realism. How do you read it? Why should you care? Get everything you need to explore this novel. The major themes of this novel trickle like a waterfall through One Hundred Years of Solitude, returning again and again to illuminate the Buendías and human nature. Learn more about these concepts. Part One | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four Look no further than these chapter explanations and discussion questions. You've started Gabo's masterpiece.and you love it! Now it's time to understand the book more fully and appreciate it more deeply. Reading Guidelines and Discussion Questions for Each Section It's no coincidence that Gabriel García Márquez uses the words solitude or solitary on nearly every page in One Hundred Years of Solitude. Throughout the world, he is larger than life. He is a journalist, a mentor, a scriptwriter and a critic. Outspoken, he refuses to write or speak in anything but Spanish. Look no further than this comprehensive guide to the novel and get the most out of your reading experience. Read this fascinating work, meet the the Buendías and discover the history of Macondo. Don't miss inside information on Gabo, and his message of solitude. Explore deeper into the novel with reading questions, themes, and a detailed look at magical realism. Check out the "Setting" section for more on this.Find the insight you've been searching for with your exclusive Oprah's Book Club guide to One Hundred Years of Solitude. Why a century? Well, it's a nice round number, and it highlights the huge transformation Colombia went through from the middle of the nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth. So the title can also be read as an armchair diagnosis of many of the members of the Buendía family, who all kind of exist together but are emotionally disconnected.Ī little more digging and we can think about the timeframe of the title. Check out how García Márquez chooses the word "solitude" rather than "isolation" or "remoteness." They all kind of mean the same thing, but when you think "solitude" you think of one person, not a whole town. Eventually technology reaches even this tiny place, but it takes a while: one hundred years, give or take a few.īut that's just the surface, and we here at Shmoop always come armed with shovels. The novel is set in the fictional town of Macondo, a place that's totally isolated from the rest of Colombia by swamps, mountains, and jungles. On the surface, the title – One Hundred Years of Solitude – seems pretty clear.
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