The festive hardback edition of Penguin’s One Hundred Years of Solitude by the late Nobel Prize-winning author Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a timeless classic and the perfect Christmas gift for any book lover. Garcia Marquez was one of the recognized literary giants of the last century, with stories that are vivid, dynamic, tender, and unforgettable. They have touched the lives of readers around the world and have earned him countless awards, including the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Following the author's death, his most beloved novel is re-released in a commemorative hardback edition. One Hundred Years of Solitude, an endlessly captivating work, is a complexly crafted novel and a joyous, irresistible celebration of humanity. With vivid colors and full of life, this timeless narrative combines the natural with the supernatural in one of the most magical reading experiences in the world.

"Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice." Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the Buendia family and Macondo, the town they have built. Although it is almost just a settlement surrounded by mountains, Macondo has its wars and its catastrophes, even its miracles and wondrous moments. A microcosm of Colombian life, its secrets are hidden within a book, and only Aureliano Buendia can comprehend its mysteries and unveil its hidden fate.

Combining political reality with magical realism, imagination, and comic invention, One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the boldest and most authentic works of the twentieth century.

"Stunning" - The New York Times

Pages: 432, Dimensions: 14x14cm