One Hundred Years of Solitude - Hardcover

Garcia Marquez, Gabriel

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 7544253996 ISBN 13: 9787544253994

Publisher: Nanhai Publishing Co, 2011

Synopsis

Simplified Chinese edition of One Hundred Years of Solitude is finally published with the blessing of the Gabriel Garcia Marquez, 1982 Nobel Literature laureate. The story has it that when Garcia Marquez saw shoddily made and pirated version of his book in China, he declared that he will never give copyright to a country without any ethical standards. But China's copyright law is now in place and one of the most important world literature is finally, and legally, published. In Simplified Chinese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

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Review:

"The first piece of literature since the Book of Genesis that should be required reading for the entire human race."--William Kennedy, New York Times Book Review

"More lucidity, wit, wisdom, and poetry than is expected from 100 years of novelists, let alone one man."--Washington Post Book World

More lucidity, wit, wisdom, and poetry than is expected from 100 years of novelists, let alone one man. --Washington Post Book World"

The first piece of literature since the Book of Genesis that should be required reading for the entire human race. --William Kennedy, New York Times Book Review"

-More lucidity, wit, wisdom, and poetry than is expected from 100 years of novelists, let alone one man.---Washington Post Book World

-The first piece of literature since the Book of Genesis that should be required reading for the entire human race.---William Kennedy, New York Times Book Review

From the Back Cover:

One of the 20th century's enduring works, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world, and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize-winning career.

The novel tells the story of the rise and fall of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendia family. It is a rich and brilliant chronicle of life and death, and the tragicomedy of humankind. In the noble, ridiculous, beautiful, and tawdry story of the Buendia family, one sees all of humanity, just as in the history, myths, growth, and decay of Macondo, one sees all of Latin America.

Love and lust, war and revolution, riches and poverty, youth and senility -- the variety of life, the endlessness of death, the search for peace and truth -- these universal themes dominate the novel. Whether he is describing an affair of passion or the voracity of capitalism and the corruption of government, Gabriel Garcia Marquez always writes with the simplicity, ease, and purity that are the mark of a master.

Alternately reverential and comical, One Hundred Years of Solitude weaves the political, personal, and spiritual to bring a new consciousness to storytelling. Translated into dozens of languages, this stunning work is no less than an accounting of the history of the human race.

About this edition

• Publisher: Nanhai Publishing Co
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 7544253996
• ISBN 13: 9787544253994
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 360