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One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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- Hardcover
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- Condition
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Harper & Row, New York, 1970. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ. One Hundred Years of Solitude, New York: Harper & Row, 1970. Octavo, first edition, pp. 422, 1 (note), green cloth boards with gilt stamped lettering to the spine, gilt logo and date on front, gift inscription on free front endpaper. First state dust jacket with exclamation point at end of first paragraph on front flap; book too is first state with no numbers on the last leaf. This novel broke ground with its use of magical realism, complex narrative structure, exploration of Latin American history and identity, and integration of mythical and symbolic elements. It holds an enduring influence on literature. Condition of this book: Jacket is price-clipped and missing pieces, but holding together (see photos), protected under Brodart. Book is good with minor stains at edges, rubbed spine ends, and spots of discoloration on front panel. This is the first USA edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. Edges very slightly spotted or marked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Literature & Literary; United States; 1970s; Fiction. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 55385. .
Synopsis
One Hundred Years of Solitude chronicles the life of Macondo, a fictional town based in part of Garcia Marquez's hometown of Aracataca, Columbia, and seven generations of the founding family, the Buendias. He creates a complex world with characters and events that display the full range of human experience. For the reader, the pleasure of the novel derives from its fast-paced narrative, humor, vivid characters, and fantasy elements. In this 'magic realism', the author combines imaginative flights of fancy with social realism to give us images of levitating priests, flying carpets, a four-year-long rainstorm, and a young woman ascending to heaven while folding sheets" (NYPL Books of the Century 31).
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55385
- Title
- One Hundred Years of Solitude
- Author
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1970
- Keywords
- BZDB17 Literature & Literary; United States; 1970s; Fiction. Unbranded Gabriel Garcia Marquez One Hundred Years of Solitude
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