ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE: THE DELUXE SLIPCASED EDITION by Marquez, Gabriel Garcia (Translated by Gregory Rabassa) - 2014

New York City, NY: Harper & Row, 2014. First Edition. First Printing.. Hardcover. As New/As New Dust Jacket.. New York City, NY: Harper & Row, 2014. Hardcover. As New/As New. First Edition/First Printing. 417 pages. New Special Edition of the author's masterpiece. One of the greatest books of the 20th century. The 2014 First Deluxe Slipcased Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent printings, of which there are innumerable. Published in a small and limited first print run as a Slipcased Facsimile Edition that sold out upon publication. The First Edition Thus is now itself rare. Re-presents, in a lovely Deluxe Edition, Gabriel Garcia Marquez's "Cien Anos de Soledad" in the magisterial English translation by Gregory Rabassa. A touchstone of English translation of Latin-American literature that the author himself hailed, effusively and gratefully, as superior to his original. "The greatest revelation in the Spanish language since 'Don Quixote' of Cervantes" (Pablo Neruda). "The first piece of literature since the 'Book of Genesis' that should be required reading for the entire human race. Garcia Marquez has done nothing less than to create in the reader a sense of all that is profound, meaningful, and meaningless in life" (William Kennedy). An absolute "must-have" title for Gabriel Garcia Marquez collectors. This title is one of the greatest novels ever written. This is one of very few copies of the 2014 First Deluxe Slipcased Edition/First Printing still available online, is still in the publisher's original shrinkwrap, and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright. Please note: Precedes and should NOT be confused with all other subsequent printings. Copies of the 1970 First Hardcover Edition command several thousands of dollars, regardless of condition, rightly so. Copies of this Special Edition available online have serious flaws (because of shoddy handling on the publisher's part or because they were read) yet command between $300 and $400. This is surely an accessible and lovely alternative. A rare copy thus. Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. One of the greatest writers of the 20th century. A fine collectible copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ TITLES IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 0062380443.