One Hundred Years of Solitude: Popular Penguins

One of the twentieth century’s most enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude tells of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buenda family.

Rich and beautiful, it is a chronicle of life, death, and the tragicomedy of humankind. In the beautiful, ridiculous, and tawdry story of the Buenda family, one sees all of humanity, just as in the history, myths, growth, and decay of Macondo, one sees all of Latin America.

Alternately reverential and comical, Gabriel Garca Mrquez’s masterpiece weaves the political, personal, and spiritual to bring a new consciousness to storytelling.