A Review:

To me, this book ages with wine. The more wisdom and knowledge on accumulates, the more profound this book becomes. Gabriel García Marquéz uses magical realism and Latin American history to convey what oppressed communities have been going through for well over a century. He documents the history that was lost and the cost of modern progress.

What makes this book special is the use of time.

He Many books are great due to the imagination, the story, or the themes associated with it. Gabriel García Márquez masterfully ties all three of traits together to create One Hundred Years of Solitude. The story is written to paint a vivid picture of the life of one family. Along with the aesthetic, the book serves a function by telling the story the family. The messages in his magnum opus can be applied to an individual and the world as a whole. No one can read One Hundred Years of Solitude and not relate to the themes in some way, shape, or form. Few books cross my mind as often as this one does while I navigate my own life and observe the world. All the while, the story is specific the roots of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and ties in specific literary elements of his culture in Latin America (Colombia and Mexico to be specific).