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One Hundred Years of Solitude
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<p><i>One Hundred Years of Solitude</i> is a <a href="/facts/1967_in_literature/fd3Krk0D">1967</a> <a href="/facts/Novel/3Q8sXXLU">novel</a> by <a href="/facts/Colombian_people/4wJoLuEC">Colombian</a> author <a href="/facts/Gabriel_Garc%25C3%25ADa_M%25C3%25A1rquez/FpyFsILa">Gabriel García Márquez</a> that tells the <a href="/facts/Family_saga/RVl7uH5U">multi-generational story</a> of the Buendía family, whose patriarch, José Arcadio Buendía, founded the fictitious town of <a href="/facts/Macondo/Kg9DQEg8">Macondo</a>. It was recognized as one of the most important works of the Spanish language during the 4th <a href="/facts/International_Conference_of_the_Spanish_Language/Ihbmqt7K">International Conference of the Spanish Language</a> held in <a href="/facts/Cartagena%2c_Colombia/XggJCoSV">Cartagena de Indias</a> in March 2007. </p><p>The <a href="/facts/Magic_Realism/2u1DTl1z">magical realist</a> style and thematic substance of the book established it as an important representative novel of the literary <a href="/facts/Latin_American_Boom/fCsdWm48">Latin American Boom</a> of the 1960s and 1970s, which was <a href="/facts/Style_(fiction)/3zeaYR7l">stylistically</a> influenced by <a href="/facts/Modernism/AfPDL45X">Modernism</a> (European and North American) and the Cuban <a href="/facts/Cuban_art/JyA8HFPT"><i>Vanguardia</i></a> (Avant-Garde) literary movement. </p><p>Since it was first published in May 1967 in <a href="/facts/Buenos_Aires/9lUVmS7f">Buenos Aires</a> by Editorial Sudamericana, the book has been translated into 46 languages and sold more than 50 million copies. The novel, considered García Márquez's <i><a href="/facts/Masterpiece/WbIkuUFy">magnum opus</a></i>, remains widely acclaimed and is recognized as one of the most significant works both in the <a href="/facts/Hispanic_literature/K9R4EdWw">Hispanic literary canon</a> and in world literature. </p><p>In 2024, the book was adapted into an authorized <a href="/facts/One_Hundred_Years_of_Solitude_(TV_series)/sf4K3Fkg">television series</a> released on <a href="/facts/Netflix/TKtlFVY9">Netflix</a> and executive produced by García Márquez's sons. </p>