One Hundred Years of Solitude is the first piece of literature since the Book of Genesis that should be required reading for the entire human race... Mr. Garcia Mairquez has done nothing less than to create in the reader a sense of all that is profound, meaningful, and meaningless in life.

One Hundred Years of Solitude tells the story of the rise and fall, birth and death of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendia family. Inventive,amusing, magnetic, sad, and alive with unforgettable men and womenbrimming with truth, compassion,and a lyrical magic that strikes the soul-this novel is a masterpiece in the art of fiction.