One hundred years of solitude (百年の孤独)

One of the twentieth century’s enduring works, *One Hundred Years of Solitude* is a widely beloved and acclaimed novel known throughout the world and the ultimate achievement in a Nobel Prize–winning career. The novel tells the story of the Buendia family, set against the background of the evolution and eventual decadence of a small South American town, the mythical town of Macondo.