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Probably Garcí­a Márquez finest and most famous work. One Hundred Years of Solitude tells the story of the rise and fall, birth and death of a mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendia family. Inventive, amusing, magnetic, sad, alive with unforgettable men and women, and with a truth and understanding that strike the soul. One Hundred Years of Solitude is a masterpiece of the art of fiction.

With all due respect to the author, Gabriel García Márquez, who tells this profoundly complex story, I must admit that I did not like One Hundred Years of Solitude. The sheer length and repetition of the underlying theme did not appeal to me.

It is a dull book. While I won't disparage it entirely, I feel it does not deserve to be reread. The written version struck me as quite difficult to follow: it is filled with passages, and a prose that interweaves within other connections, which collectively form the fabric of the story.

If you don't read the entire book, the main protagonist's story cannot be fully understood. And within its own context, the story often seems to lack a clear purpose.