“It’s enough for me to be sure that you and I exist at this moment.”
About The Author
Gabriel Garcia Marquez (6 March 1927-17 April 2014) was a Colombian novelist, journalist, short-story writer, and screenwriter. He was born in Colombia. He was one of the most significant writers in the 20th century. He was awarded the Neustadt International Prize for Literature and Noble Prize in Literature. He left his law school for a career in journalism. He is best known for his novels like One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Autumn of the patriarch, and Love in the time of cholera.
About The Novel
The story is about a lost town, Macondo, and the family who discovered it, the Buendia’s. The story shows a significant turning point for the town of Macondo when it comes in contact with neighboring towns. The town faced a civil war, and daily life gets disturbed. The story also shows the major turning points in Buendias like life, death, and love affairs. The story represents the struggles of the town people and the Buendia’s.
Genre: Magical Realism
Tone: Sympathetic, Modern and Cultured eye
Type: Novel
Year of Publication: 1967
Main Characters
- Jose Arcadio Buendia: The protagonist and the founder of Macondo
- Ursula guaran: The tenacious matriarch of Buendia and Jose’s wife
- Amaranta: Daughter of Ursula and Jose
- Colonel Aureliano Buendia: Brother of Amaranta
- Jose Arcadio: First son of Ursula and Jose
Themes
- Past- The novel is based on the evolution of Macondo and shows different generations and repeat the activities of their ancestors.
- Supernatural-Though the novel is magical realism, but the consequences are mostly destructive.
- Family-The story shows a different generation of Buendia’s family and the fate is shared by all regardless of their characteristics.
- Death-Death is shown as a lonely and isolated condition. The dead haunt the living as a form of their remembrance.
Famous Work by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Chronicle of a Death Foretold: A fiction about honor and fatality
- Love in the Time of Cholera: A story of a one-sided lover who spent his life single-mindedly for fifty years
- Of Love and Other Demons: A demonic love story of a girl with his exorcist
- News of a Kidnapping: The protagonist kidnaps eight journalists to prevent the extradition of drug traffickers
- The General in His Labyrinth: A dramatic fiction mixed with history.
