Penguin's commemorative hardback reissue of One Hundred Years of Solitude by late Nobel laureate & author Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a timeless classic & the perfect Christmas gift for any booklover Gabriel Garcia Marquez has been one of the undisputed literary giants of the past century; his stories are vivid energetic tender & unforgettable; they have touched the lives of readers across the globe & earned him countless awards including the Nobel Prize for Literature In the wake of the author's death his most beloved novel is reissued in commemorative hardback edition One Hundred Years of Solitude is endlessly fascinating an intricately patterned work of fiction & a joyful irrepressible celebration of humanity Vibrantly colourful & teeming with life this timeless tale blends the natural with the supernatural in one of the most magical reading experiences on earth' Many years later as he faced the firing squad Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice' Gabriel Garcia Marquez's great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the Buendia family & of Macondo the town they have built Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains Macondo has its wars & disasters even its wonders & its miracles A microcosm of Columbian life its secrets lie hidden encoded in a book & only Aureliano Buendia can fathom its mysteries & reveal its shrouded destiny Blending political reality with magic realism fantasy & comic invention One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the most daringly original works of the twentieth century' Dazzling' The New York Times