One Hundred Years of Solitude National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (1989) redefining the spy story as

redefining the spy story as a gritty and terrible tale of men who are caught up in politics beyond their imagining

and finds herself inexplicably drawn to their front door--ditching her only friend

A couple's midnight hunger pangs drive them to hold up a McDonald's

award-winning author Philip Pullman has chosen his fifty favourite stories from the Brothers Grimm and presents them in a'clear as water' retelling

daily life in New Hampshire

One Hundred Years of Solitude National Book Critics Circle Award Nominee for Fiction (1989) redefining the spy story asGabriel Garca Mrquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude is a landmark novel that chronicles the rise and fall of the Buenda family in the mythical town of Macondo. Blending magical realism with history, memory, and a sweeping tale of love, conflict, and fate, the book offers a rich meditation on the human condition and the history of Latin America.