One Hundred Years of Solitude is a novel by Colombian writer Garcia Marquez, and it is also a representative work of Latin American magical realism literature. Known as "a masterpiece that reproduces the historical and social picture of Latin America."

The work describes the legendary story of seven generations of Buendia family and the centenary rise and fall of Macondo, a small town on the Caribbean coast, and reflects the changeable history of Latin America in the past hundred years. The works are mixed with myths, legends, folk stories, religious allusions and other mysterious factors, which skillfully integrate reality and illusion, show a magnificent imaginary world and become one of the important classic literary masterpieces in the 20th century.

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1982, the Swedish Academy of Literature thought that Marquez "created a unique world around Macondo" and "gathered incredible miracles and the purest real life" in One Hundred Years of Solitude, so he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Chilean poet pablo neruda: He (Marquez) is "the greatest language master after Cervantes".