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Macondo begins as a village of mud houses where ice is a marvel and ends as a place wiped from memory. In between, the Buendía family, led first by José Arcadio Buendía and his formidable wife Úrsula, goes through insomnia plagues, the arrival of the railway and a foreign fruit company, and decades of civil war led by Colonel Aureliano Buendía. Love affairs, incest taboos and solitude shape each generation. A prophecy hidden in Melquíades's manuscripts waits to be read.

For readers who want a novel that blends everyday life with the miraculous and a sweeping family saga. It is long but flows like a story told aloud.

Deep, contemplative, open-ended and thought-provoking; a moderate read.

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