REVIEW PRESENTATION:

I´m inspired by the plot that develops the story, its way of showing readers how two
people are able to found a town called "Macondo", see how the genre of magical
realism can be appreciated and so irreal elements appear, the way in which loneliness
is present throughout history because none of the family members seem to find true
love , as reflected at the end of the story.

COMMENTED SYNTESIS OF THE BOOK:

 One Hundred Years of Solitude is a novel that tells the story of a peculiar Buendía
family in the village of Macondo, a village that was founded by the head of the family,
and place where history begins.

It is a story that unfolds from the adventures and adventures suffered by the family. If
there is one thing that the Goodies have in common, it is above all the repetition of
names (Aureliano and José Arcadio) and the love for esoterialism... Indeed, almost all
the Buendía, feel a strong attraction to inventions, experiments and everything that has
an ingredient between mysterious and unreal.

All this will make what was a normal family composed of Ursula and her husband José
Arcadio Buendía, be realized over time. In fact, the beginning of this saga is already
curious because they settle on a piece of land and found a village called Macondo, the
sons Aureliano and José Arcadio will grow. The first self-absorbed, quiet, and the
second much more open.

Soon, the family grows with Rebekah (who appeared one day there with a sack of
bones) with Amaranta... And with this base all kinds of curious descendants are
reproduced. In the end, after a hundred years of loneliness the family will disappear,
after the birth and death of the last baby.

Criticizes:

The greatness of the novel lies in the vital description of the characters.. The
author fills out leaves and more leaves, recounting the extravagances of each of them,
and it is his day-to-day life that makes the novel work. A day by day that consists for
example of the endearing Ursula and his stamina capacity, the chifladura of her
husband who will end up tied to a chestnut tree, the magical powers of the gypsy
Melquíades, Pietro Crespi and his tight tight meshes, the cruelty of the spinster
Amaranta, the bones of Rebekah, the splendor of the beautiful Remedios, the strict
Fernanda, the partyman of Aureliano Segundo, the falsehood of his brother José
Arcadio Segundo, the tender humanity of the prostitute Pilar Tenera, the solitary air
and warrior of Colonel Aureliano Buendía...

And I say that special daily life is the key, since the novel really lacks a plot. Rather, it
is an "open" story, where emotion is introduced by unpredictable characters and their
particular worlds. But more than the prodigious imagination demonstrated by García
Márquez,from my point of view, the great value of this work is above all technical.

One Hundred Years of Solitude unfolds hundreds of pages filled with a practically

perfect technique. The use of metaphors is commendable, symbols, dynamism,
countless resources... Quite a master class of literature.

For novelty or originality purposes, I would highlight the use of so-called magical

realism (some humans are able to carry out actions that are not entirely human...) and
also the fact of repeating the name of the characters throughout the novel.

CONCLUSION: In short, what struck me most about the way we see facts that for us
today are so irrational and unreal and that for them were part of their daily culture and
life, things as simple as the arrival of ice in the village let us see how far from the real
world in which their citizens are located, but not because they were those years, but
because they were so isolated, that when something that was already everyday for us,
for them was still far from coming.

Bibliography: http://entrelineasadamuz.blogspot.com.co/2014/03/conclusiones-
cien-anos-de-soledad.html