Critical reaction to Marquez's One Hundred years of Solitude.

One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, chronicles the rise and fall of the Buendia family in the fabled town of Macondo. Over the span of a century, Macondo and the Buendias, faced many triumphs and tragedies that lead to their downfall. The patriarch, Jose Arcadio Buendia, founded the town of Macondo while escaping a violent past. However, unknowingly, he brought his anguish, violence and personal despair to the town. Through the generations, …

…of one family?s rise and fall in a town in Columbia. The Buendia family struggled through six generations with the eventual annihilation of Macondo. However, all is not lost in this tragic story, Marquez?s use of black humor eases the sorrow. His humorous style of writing makes prophesied disasters seem like a comedy of errors. Macondo might be vanished, but the spirits of the Buendia family will forever in the works of Marquez.