{"title":"Books by Gabriel Garcia Marquez","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780141184999","title":"One Hundred Years of Solitude","description":"\u003cp\u003eEqually tragic, joyful and comical, Gabriel García Márquez's masterpiece of magical realism, \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Years of Solitude \u003c\/i\u003eis a seamless blend of fantasy and reality, translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGabriel García Márquez's great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the Buendía 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 Buendía can fathom its mysteries and reveal its shrouded destiny. 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Instead Fermina marriesdistinguished doctor Juvenal Urbino, while Florentino can only wait silently for her. He can never forget his first and only true love. Then, fifty-one years, nine months and four days later, Fermina's husband dies unexpectedly. At last Florentino has another chance to declare his feelings and discover if a passion that has endured for half a century will remain unrequited, in a rich, fantastical and humane celebration of love in all its many forms.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGabriel García Márquez (b. 1928) was born in Aracataca, Colombia. He is the author of several novels, including \u003ci\u003eLeaf Storm\u003c\/i\u003e (1955), \u003ci\u003eOne Hundred Years of Solitude\u003c\/i\u003e (1967), \u003ci\u003eThe Autumn of the Patriarch\u003c\/i\u003e (1975) \u003ci\u003eChronicle of a Death Foretold\u003c\/i\u003e (1981) and \u003ci\u003eThe General in His Labyrinth\u003c\/i\u003e (1989). 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