About the Book
Now a Netflix series adaptation starring Claudio Cataño, Jerónimo Barón, and Marco González
One of the twentieth century's enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize-winning career.
The novel tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. Rich and brilliant, it is a chronicle of life, death, and the tragicomedy of humankind. In the beautiful, ridiculous, and tawdry story of the Buendía family, one sees all of humanity, just as in the history, myths, growth, and decay of Macondo, one sees all of Latin America.
Love and lust, war and revolution, riches and poverty, youth and senility, the variety of life, the endlessness of death, the search for peace and truth--these universal themes dominate the novel. Alternately reverential and comical, One Hundred Years of Solitude weaves the political, personal, and spiritual to bring a new consciousness to storytelling. Translated into dozens of languages, this stunning work is no less than an account of the history of the human race.
About the Author :
Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014) fue una de las figuras más importantes e influyentes de la literatura universal. Ganador del Premio Nobel de Literatura, fue además cuentista, ensayista, crítico cinematográfico, autor de guiones y, sobre todo, intelectual comprometido con los grandes problemas de nuestro tiempo. Máxima figura del realismo mágico, fue en definitiva el hacedor de uno de los mundos narrativos más densos de significados que ha dado la lengua española en el siglo veinte.
Gregory Rabassa (1922-2016) was an American literary translator from Spanish and Portuguese to English. His translations include works by Gabriel García Márquez, Julio Cortázar, and Jorge Franco. He taught for many years at Columbia University and Queens College.
JOHN LEE's highly innovative work in the fields of emotional intelligence, anger management, and emotional regression has made him an in-demand consultant, teacher, trainer, coach, and speaker. His contributions in the fields of recovery, relationships, men's issues, spirituality, parenting, and creativity have put him in the national spotlight for over 20 years. Lee has been featured on Oprah, 20/20, Barbara Walters' The View, CNN, PBS, and NPR. He has been interviewed by Newsweek, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and dozens of other national magazines and radio talk shows.For over 25 years, Lee has conducted private and group sessions on a variety of issues working with men, women, couples, and families. He lectures, gives workshops and trainings in cities all over the world, delivering sensitive, yet sophisticated material to audiences in a humorous and simple way everyone can understand. His lectures have been branded as "hilariously entertaining, deeply compassionate, yet filled with 'tell it like it is!'"Lee served as a professor at the University of Texas and at the University of Alabama before becoming a writer, bestselling author, life coach, and personal consultant. He currently resides on breathtaking Lookout Mountain in Mentone, Alabama with his three happy dogs.
Review :
"[One Hundred Years of Solitude] stands at the apex of twentieth-century literature."
-- "Amazon.com"
"García Márquez feeds the mind's eye nonstop...Like the jungle itself, this novel comes back again and again, fecund, savage, and irresistible."
-- "Chicago Tribune Book World"
"If Senor Garcia-Marquez' book is fable, it is also satire with some of the fanciful giantism of earlier proponents...A luxuriant, splendid, and spirited conception."
-- "Kirkus Reviews"
"More lucidity, wit, wisdom, and poetry than is expected from one hundred years of novelists, let alone one man."
-- "Washington Post Book World"
"My favorite novels are extended songs. What is One Hundred Years of Solitude if not an opera? And a grand one at that!"
-- "Sting, Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter and musician "
"Narrator John Lee pulls listeners into this enchanting and mystical tale, often described as the quintessential Latin American novel...Listeners will enjoy Lee's enticing images of gypsies' flying carpets and conversational ghosts, and embrace Lee's solemnity as he describes the soldier patriarch who lost thirty-two consecutive wars and the children born with pigs' tails. Soon, one is entwined in Márquez's magical world."
-- "AudioFile"
"The first piece of literature since the Book of Genesis that should be required reading for the entire human race."
-- "William Kennedy, New York Times bestselling author "
"Unofficially, it's everybody's favorite work of world literature and the novel that, more than any other since World War II, has inspired novelists of our time...sexy, entertaining, experimental, politically radical, and wildly popular all at once."
-- "Vanity Fair"
