About this book

    GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ was born in Aracataca, Colombia in 1928, but he has lived most of his life in Mexico and Europe. He attended the University of Bogot?andter worked as staff reporter and film critic for the Colombian newspaper El Espectador. In addition to ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE. he has also written two collections of short fiction, NO ONE WRITES TO THE COLONEL and LEAF STORM (both avable in Bard editions).


    García Márquez currently lives with his wife and children in Barcelona.


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    Gabriel Garcia Marquez


    THE AUTUMN OF THE PATRIARCH


    IN EVIL HOUR


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    ONE HUNDRED YEARS


    OF SOLITUDE


    GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ


    TRANSLATED FROM THE SPANISH


    BY GREGORY RABASSA


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    This book was first published in Argentina in 1967 by Editorial Sudamericana, S.A., Buenos Aires, under the title Cien A?os de Soledad.


    Assistance for the trantion of this volume was given by the Center for Inter-American Rtions.


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    English trantion ?1970 by Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.


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    Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 7483632


    ISBN: 0-380-01503-X


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    First Avon Bard Printing: May 1971


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    for jom?garcía ascot


    and maría luisa elío


    ONE HUNDRED YEARS


    OF SOLITUDE