| This book follows one hundred years of the Buendia family's rise and fall in the fictional town of Macondo. The patriarch of the Buendias, Jose Arcadio, founds the town by accident with his wife, Ursula. Together they ignite four generations of Buendias that struggle to exist in the real world, and all ultimately fail. Each member of the Buendia family, in every generation, deals with his or her own version of solitude. Some choose solitude, some are destined to it.
The Buendia race comes to an end with its final member, the last Aureliano, being swept up in a hurricane of biblical proportions, and the reader is left wondering whether Macondo could really have existed somewhere or everywhere in time. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - very sensitive (sigh) Time/era of story - 1600-1899 - Internal struggle/realization? Yes Struggle over Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Main Character Gender - Male Ethnicity/Nationality Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 () The Americas (not US): Yes The Americas: - South Small town? Yes Writing Style Sex in book? Yes What kind of sex: - vague references only - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - impregnation/reproduction - actual description of hetero sex - Boob talk! - Vagia talk! - Weiner talk! Amount of dialog - little dialog |
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