One Hundred Years of Solitude Paperback - 2006

About this book

From the rear cover

One of the most influential literary works of our time, One Hundred Years of Solitude is a dazzling and original achievement by the masterful Gabriel Garc�a M�rquez, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

One Hundred Years of Solitude tells the story of the rise and fall, birth and death of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buend�a family. Inventive, amusing, magnetic, sad, and alive with unforgettable men and women -- brimming with truth, compassion, and a lyrical magic that strikes the soul -- this novel is a masterpiece in the art of fiction.

First Edition Identification

One Hundred Years of Solitude (Cien Años de Soledad),  was first published in Spanish in 1967 by Editorial Sudamericana. It was later published in English in 1970 by Harper & Row. 

True first edition, 1967 Cien Años de Soledad- Octavo, in bright  illustrated wrappers. 

First American Edition published by Harper & Row, New York, 1970 - Octavo, original green cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. The first issue features a dust jacket with the exclamation point at the end of the first paragraph on the front flap instead of the period mark on later issues

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Citations

• Entertainment Weekly, 07/09/2010, Page 81