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One Hundred Years of Solitude

By: Gabriel García Márquez, Gregory Rabassa - translator
Narrated by: Ben Onwukwe
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ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST FAMOUS BOOKS AND WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE

'Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice'

Gabriel García Márquez's great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the Buendía family and of Macondo, the town they built. Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains, Macondo has its wars and disasters, even its wonders and its miracles. A microcosm of Columbian life, its secrets lie hidden, encoded in a book, and only Aureliano Buendía can fathom its mysteries and reveal its shrouded destiny.

Blending political reality with magic realism, fantasy and comic invention, One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the most daringly original works of the twentieth century.

'Should be required reading for the entire human race' The New York Times

'The book that sort of saved my life' Emma Thompson

'No lover of fiction can fail to respond to the grace of Márquez's writing' Sunday Telegraph

© Gabriel Garcia Marquez 2007 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

 Classics Fantasy Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Magic Magical Realism World Literature
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The book that sort of saved my life (Emma Thompson)
The greatest novel in any language of the last 50 years (Salman Rushdie)
Should be required reading for the entire human race
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I always wanted to read this book but was put off by its length. Thank you for this opportunity tisten- the timbre of the narrator 's voice was perfect, as was his accent, pace, and the rolling around of the names in his mouth,such an important part of the story

Great narrstor

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Have listened to this a few times now to try and understand the story,

Incredibly complex

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I read this book in the 1980s and found it hard work and didn’t enjoy it. I often wondered why so I gave the audible version a go. I accept it is incredibly well written but it really is not my thing.

Too prosaic for my tastes

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the voice actor is so bad, he does this mocking tone for all the characters dialogue, really kills the magic. also he can’t even pronounce aurelliano properly.

story is captivating and mesmerising.

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Take your time with this and I recomend to bring out a chart of the family tree to look at now and then while you listen. There's alot of names and stories to keep track on but if you take your time and look up the family tree and just enjoy the many small stories within this whole story it's truly an unique and memorable experience. I love this book!

Take your time

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