{"product_id":"9780141184999","title":"One Hundred Years of Solitude","description":"\u003cp\u003eEqually tragic, joyful and comical, Gabriel Garcìa Márquez's masterpiece of magical realism, \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Years of Solitude \u003c\/i\u003eis a seamless blend of fantasy and reality, translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGabriel Garcìa Márquez's great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the Buendìa family and of Macondo, the town they have built. Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains, Macondo has its wars and disasters, even its wonders and miracles. A microcosm of Columbian life, its secrets lie hidden, encoded in a book and only Aureliano Buendìa can fathom its mysteries and reveal its shrouded destiny. Blending political reality with magic realism, fantasy with comic invention, \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Years of Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most daringly original works of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGabriel Garcìa Márquez (b. 1928) was born in Aracataca, Colombia. He is the author of several novels, including \u003ci\u003eLeaf Storm\u003c\/i\u003e (1955), \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Years of Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e (1967), \u003ci\u003eThe Autumn of the Patriarch\u003c\/i\u003e (1975), \u003ci\u003eChronicle of a Death Foretold\u003c\/i\u003e (1981) and \u003ci\u003eThe General in His Labyrinth\u003c\/i\u003e (1989). He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Years of Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like \u003ci\u003eLove in the Time of Cholera\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'With a single bound Gabriel Garcìa Márquez leaps on the stage with Günter Grass and Vladimir Nabokov ... dazzling'\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Garcá, Márquez, Gabrie","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54304401326407,"sku":"9780141184999","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0967\/6675\/5143\/files\/9780141184999.jpg?v=1783420775","url":"https:\/\/borderlessbooks.myshopify.com\/products\/9780141184999","provider":"Borderless Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}