The detailed background of One Hundred Years of Solitude

During the 70 years from 1830 to the end of last century, dozens of civil wars broke out in Colombia, causing hundreds of thousands of deaths. This book describes the historical facts in this respect in a large space, and it is condensed through the legendary career of the protagonist in the book. The hypocrisy of politicians, the cruelty of rulers, the blind obedience and ignorance of the people and so on. They are all very vivid.

With vivid brushstrokes, the writer created many characters with distinct personalities and described the lonely spirit of this family. In this family, there is no emotional communication, lack of trust and understanding between husband and wife, father and son, mother and daughter, and brothers and sisters. Although many people have made arduous explorations to break the loneliness, they can't find an effective way to unify the scattered forces.

In the end, all ended in failure. This sense of loneliness not only pervades Buendia family and Magondeau town, but also permeates narrow thoughts, which has become a big burden that hinders the progress of the country and the nation. The author wrote this point in the hope that Latin American people will unite and work together to get rid of loneliness. Therefore, the loneliness immersed in a hundred years of loneliness.

Its main connotation should be resentment and protest against the exclusion of the whole suffering Latin America from the modern civilized world, and it is the tenacious self-confidence formed by the writer's unique research on the history of Latin America for nearly a hundred years and the unique vitality, living conditions and imagination of the people on this continent.

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The influence of the work

Before the publication of One Hundred Years of Solitude, Marquez was not widely known outside the Latin American literary world. One Hundred Years of Solitude shocked Latin American literary circles and the whole Spanish world as soon as it came out, and was quickly translated into many languages. Marquez also became a famous world-class writer.

The story of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" takes place in the fictional town of Macondo (Marquez called william faulkner a mentor and was obviously deeply influenced by it), describing the ups and downs of seven generations of Buendia family in the past hundred years, and the deep-rooted loneliness in culture and human nature.

Its content involves all aspects of social and family life, which can be said to be a concentrated projection of Latin American history and culture. One Hundred Years of Solitude has a unique style, which is both grand and fantastic.

A few strokes in the roughness outline the bloody cruelty of decades of civil war; Delicate place describes the suffering of passion in love, such as the desire to sue; The past and future of the ghost world are unpredictable. Light and heavy, both, is recognized as the most representative works of magical realism. Known as "one of the most outstanding novels written in Spanish in the 20th century".

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