Facts about One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
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Originally written in Spanish as Cien años de soledad, One Hundred Years of Solitude was first published by Editorial Sudamericana in Buenos Aires.
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The novel's opening line, 'Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice,' is among the most celebrated first sentences in world literature.
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A landmark of magical realism, One Hundred Years of Solitude has been translated into more than 40 languages and sold tens of millions of copies worldwide.
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Gabriel García Márquez won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982, with One Hundred Years of Solitude cited as a central work in the award.
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Published in 1967, One Hundred Years of Solitude follows seven generations of the Buendía family in the fictional town of Macondo.