This was a frequent narrative device in 1960s and 1970s Latin American Boom fiction-the era when translations of short stories and novels from the region “exploded” onto the global literary scene. This is a pivotal text in the development of the technique of magical realism, which commonly uses fantastical narrative and imagery but intertwines these aspects of magic with realist elements, rather than presenting them as extraordinary. He examines postcolonial Colombia as Macondo experiences plagues, civil war, exploitation by foreign companies, and tensions with the impact of modernity. García Márquez’s epic novel examines 100 years through the lens of one fictional rural town, Macondo-the setting of numerous works by the author-and one fictional family, the Buendías.
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