Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #3370 in Books
• Published on: 1998-09-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 432 pages

Synopsis
This magical realist novel tells the history of the Buendias family, the founders of Macondo, a remote South American settlement. In the world of the novel there is a Spanish galleon beached in the jungle, a flying carpet, and an iguana in a woman's womb.

Customer Reviews

The best book I've read
I read this book in about two days, I just couldn't put it down. I cared about the characters, when they were happy I was happy, when they were sad so was I. When I finished the book I spent half an hour looking at the cover, opened it again, started reading and decided I couldn't put myself through all the sad bits again.

A friend who's an English teacher loved it, she read it when she was supervising the mocks. She hated when one of the students needed her attention she didn't want to stop reading.

The only fault this book has is that when I finished it for about six months after any book I started seemed boring. This is my favorite book, I'm still looking for a book better than this but so far none have come close.

Magnificent novel
A magical book in all senses, this is one of the most enjoyable and memorable novels I have ever read. I rate it up there with Don Quijote and The Feast of the Goat in terms of novels originally written in Spanish. Entertaining, moving and brilliantly written.

Best Book Ever Written
I think no other book has had so much impact on me as this one.. Read it when I was 15 - loved it. Read it when I was 30 - was impressed even more.. Everyone has to read this book. Whether you like it or not - different matter. But once you've read it, you will never forget it. Masterpiece.