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GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ. One Hundred Years of Solitude, New York: Harper & Row, 1970.Octavo, first edition, pp. 422, 1 (note), green cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering to the spine, gilt logo and date on front, gift inscription on free front endpaper. First state dust jacket with exclamation point at end of first paragraph on front flap; book too is first state with no numbers on the last leaf. This novel broke ground with its use of magical realism, complex narrative structure, exploration of Latin American history and identity, and integration of mythical and symbolic elements. It holds an enduring influence on literature.Condition of this book:Jacket is price-clipped and missing pieces, but holding together (see photos), protected under Brodart. Book is good with minor stains at edges, rubbed spine ends, and spots of discoloration on front panel. This is the first USA edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; United States; 1970s; Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55385.

One Hundred Years of Solitude is a landmark 1967 novel by Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez that tells the multi-generational story of the Buendía family, whose patriarch, José Arcadio Buendía, founded the town of Macondo, a fictitious town in the country of Colombia. The magical realist style and thematic substance of One Hundred Years of Solitude established it as an important representative novel of the literary Latin American Boom of the 1960s and 1970s, and it is considered Márquez's magnum opus.