| One Hundred Years of Solitude (Essential Penguin) | 
 enlarge | Author: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  75 reviews
Sales Rank: 12966
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 432
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 4.4 x 1.3
ISBN: 0140278761
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780140278767
ASIN: 0140278761
Publication Date: September 3, 1998
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 Long zig-zagging trash November 2, 2008
Really, save your money. This is a self obsessed ramble.....one little narrative ties into the next, very arty...very boring. The thing that amazes me is that this book is famous....!
 The best book I've read September 16, 2008
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 June 21, 2008
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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 March 21, 2008
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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.
*must* be read. February 1, 2008
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With his usual magical realist style, marquez weaves a world of fantasy and despair, the contrast between humour and devastation. Described by some as a 'modern fairytale', OHYOS is far more complex and tragic than that. Although a common complaint is that the characters all bear similar names, this in fact adds to the main theme of the book - the cyclical nature of time and the inability to escape fate and foreshadowing. One first approach the book is extraordinarily complex, changing time period, location and emotion in often one or two paragraphs. OHYOS is really a book that needs to be read twice or even three times to absorb the desperate beauty of Marquez's world. however, you could read it 30 times and still never tire of his style, wit and graceful writing. This is not just a book I would recommend, it is a book that *must* be read!! I'd also like to recommend reading Tino Georgiou's masterpiece--The Fates--if you haven't yet!
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