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Mentioned in 17 episodes
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Book • 1967
One Hundred Years of Solitude tells the story of seven generations of the Buendía family, founders of the fictional town of Macondo.
The novel spans a hundred years of turbulent Latin American history, from the postcolonial 1820s to the 1920s.
It is a tale of love, loss, and the cyclical nature of history, filled with magical realism that blends the supernatural with the ordinary.
The story follows the family's experiences, including civil war, marriages, births, and deaths, and explores themes such as solitude, fate, and the inevitability of repetition in history.
The novel is renowned for its narrative style and its influence on the literary movement known as the Latin American Boom.
The novel spans a hundred years of turbulent Latin American history, from the postcolonial 1820s to the 1920s.
It is a tale of love, loss, and the cyclical nature of history, filled with magical realism that blends the supernatural with the ordinary.
The story follows the family's experiences, including civil war, marriages, births, and deaths, and explores themes such as solitude, fate, and the inevitability of repetition in history.
The novel is renowned for its narrative style and its influence on the literary movement known as the Latin American Boom.
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Mentioned by Nick Bilton as an example of a writer whose work is exceptionally beautiful but might not appeal to contemporary readers due to its complexity.
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James Altucher as an example of a book with a great first line, a Nobel-winning masterpiece.
James Altucher as an example of a book with a great first line, a Nobel-winning masterpiece.
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Mentioned by David Velez as his favorite book, highlighting its great story and representation of his home country, Colombia.
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Mentioned by Sarbpreet Singh as a book that influenced his writing about the erasure of memory from collective history.
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Mentioned by Leigh Kramer as a book she disliked, finding it a painful and slow read despite enjoying magical realism.
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Mentioned by Desi as a contemporary of Borges, highlighting Borges' stature as a writer.
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Mentioned by Damian Maher in the episode description and during the podcast as a writer whose work is analyzed in the book.
Bruce Robbins, "Atrocity: A Literary History" (Stanford UP, 2025)
