One Hundred Years of Solitude [Cliffs Notes Study] (Cliffsnotes Literature Guides) [Paperback]

Carl Senna (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0822009641 | ISBN-13: 978-0822009641 | Publication Date: February 15, 1984 | Edition: 1

This history of a family is an amalgamation of Garcia Marquez's shorter fiction, American fiction, biblical parables, and quixotic experiences of his own unique life story. His is a community crowded with people and personal narratives, confusion, and progressive decline. The novel is a journey through life, caught on paper, so real that you'll swear you can smell it.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 72 pages
• Publisher: Cliffs Notes; 1 edition (February 15, 1984)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0822009641
• ISBN-13: 978-0822009641
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #748,434 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful!... but confusing, March 25, 1998

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This review is from: One Hundred Years of Solitude [Cliffs Notes Study] (Cliffsnotes Literature Guides) (Paperback)

I liked this book enough to rush out and buy 3 other Garcia Marquez books. For me that is rare. I found it to be a magical and poetic work, but with so many different characters (many with very similar names)concentration is essential. I am writing this now mainly for those of you who have heard of Garcia Marquez but have not yet read any of his work. My advice is to start with Love in the Time of Cholera. It is also a poetic, mystical, and romantic story but with essentially three major characters it is much easier to follow. Then read Chronicle of a Death Foretold. When those two have sparked you then take on One Hundred Years of Solitude! But expect to be turning back to previous pages, and refering to the family tree printed at the beginning of the book many many times. Either way, read something by Garcia Marquez. He is fantastic.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Intese imagry and symbolism, November 30, 1998

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This review is from: One Hundred Years of Solitude [Cliffs Notes Study] (Cliffsnotes Literature Guides) (Paperback)

There is not a lot to comment on this book. It is simply extrodinary. Having lived in the general area that Garcia Marquez was raised, and of the which he wrote this book, I find it very true to life. The characters in the book permit the reader to relate to the type of everyday life that goes on. Though the book seems to be several broken events placed together, upon finishing it we are able to witness the great symphony of literature that Garcia Marquez composed.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars When you dont have time to read it., January 17, 2008

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This review is from: One Hundred Years of Solitude [Cliffs Notes Study] (Cliffsnotes Literature Guides) (Paperback)

It covers everything you need to know if you don't have time to read the book.