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One Hundred Years of Solitude

Book • 1967

Gabriel García Márquez

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.

Mentioned by

Claire Hughes Johnson

James Patterson

Probal DasGupta

Reginald Dwayne Betts

Sarbpreet Singh

Mentioned in 20 episodes

Mentioned by

Claire Hughes Johnson

as another example of a dream-state evoking novel.

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David Eagleman

as one of his literary influences.

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Mentioned by

Claire Hughes Johnson

as another example of a dream-state evoking novel.

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Mentioned by

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Cal Fussman

to Alex Benayan as an example of great writing.

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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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Scott Galloway

to exemplify his learning of Spanish.

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Brad Stulberg

as a book he read this year, but did not fully enjoy.

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Mentioned by

James Altucher

as an example of a book with a great first line, a Nobel-winning masterpiece.

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Mentioned by

Tyler Cowen

in a discussion about the global readership of literature.

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Mentioned by

Probal DasGupta

as a book he loves and has read multiple times.

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Mentioned by

James Patterson

as a novel that had knocked him out.

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Mentioned by

Katie Lambert

to describe the mystical realism feel of El Salto.

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Mentioned by

Reginald Dwayne Betts

as a book included in the Freedom Reads collection.

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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 as a detail added to the translation of Mafalda by

Frank Wynne

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Mentioned by

Merlin Mann

as a book that was widely read during a specific period.

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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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