 Have you ever heard a story from a family member and recognized the meaning behind some of their previous actions? Maybe they spoke in a funny way growing up that at the time was quite difficult to understand, but as time passed, the wisdom they imparted might settle into your mind, which affects the way you live and in turn affects the lives of those around you. If you really think about it, every part of your life is connected to something or someone you do not know, and every action you take leads to a future you, which will also affect many stories yet to come. If you like stories that explore that idea of interconnectedness, you might be interested in the magical world of Cien Anos de Soledad , or in English One Hundred Years of Solitude. One Hundred Years is the story of the Buendía family trying their hardest to lead the town of Macondo into a place that they can be safe from the problems of civilization (this may or may not come with quite a few supernatural problems). Over time, the story of Macondo and the Buendía family becomes almost mythical and beautifully unreal, with everything from prophecies to a plague that leads to people forgetting how to read. It is a grand magical tale of epic proportions, a long family line impacted by the choices of every person that came before, and since all these little choices have an impact, every detail comes to fruition in a wholly unique way. The story is told the way your mother, grandmother, or maybe your teacher would tell you fairytales as a child. Maybe everything isn’t exactly accurate, but you can feel the magic of those old stories just reading about the Buendía family. If you ever feel you’re missing the magic of old Disney movies or you like being swept up in a grand epic akin to Game of Thrones, then I guarantee, One Hundred Years of Solitude will absolutely floor you.
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