The story
Family memory, politics, myth, and place became a continent-sized novel.
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez
magical realism · Aracataca, Colombia
Why Gabriel Garcia Marquez matters
Garcia Marquez made magical realism a global literary force.
Featured work
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One of the defining Spanish-language novels of the 20th century.
Major works
Love in the Time of Cholera
Chronicle of a Death Foretold
