Questions tagged [one-hundred-years-of-solitude]
Questions about the novel 'Cien años de soledad' (1967, 'One Hundred Years of Solitude') by the Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez. Use this tag with [gabriel-garcia-marquez] and [spanish-literature].
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“Cease, cows, life is short” - what does it mean?
"Cease, cows, life is short" is a quote from One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez. It is a phrase that Aureliano Segundo says in Chapter 17, and is later written on his ...
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Why is Macondo a city of mirages?
In the conclusion of One Hundred Years of Solitude:
[I]t was foreseen that the city of mirrors (or mirages) would be wiped
out by the wind ...
We know why Macondo is a city of mirrors:
José ...