One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia MarquezGabriel Garca Mrquez's great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the Buenda family and of Macondo, the town they have built. Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains, Macondo has its wars and disasters, even its wonders and miracles. A microcosm of Columbian life, its secrets lie hidden, encoded in a book and only Aureliano Buenda can fathom its mysteries and reveal its shrouded destiny. Blending political reality with