One Hundred Years Of Solitude

Cien Años de Soledad by Gabriel García Márquez.

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OneHundredYearsOfSolitude is about a family in Central American town, over a period of a hundred years or so. It's not clear whether the book is about the family or the town, more it is just a story. It is a very strange story indeed. I don't know what the point of it was, but do stories need to have a point? -- JohnFarrell

Various characters and situations are symbolic of the history of Columbia during the 19th century, including how the houses are painted and some people's reactions to the paint jobs. The book is fatalistic; events that happen in the first half of the book are undone, in reverse order, in the second half.

The title could be translated as "A Century of Isolation". In the English translation of the novel, the town's isolation is arguably more important than any character's solitude.

The book illustrates several AntiPatterns.

• Arguably, the entire book follows the ArrowAntiPattern.
• The paint jobs are the result of a PrematureVote?.

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See also: CategoryVoting, JamesMichener?