One Hundred Years of Solitude

was an unnecessary precaution, for the Italian had shown himself to be so respectful that he did not even touch ...

that Pietro Crespi brought dissipated José Arcadio Buendías affliction over the death of Melquíades and ...

part, had neglected the workshop in order to teach little Remedios to read and write. At first th ...

over, up to the point where she would spend many hours with him studying the meaning of the l ...

her spirit, and she was frightened by the virulence of her anger. She would spend whole hours suck ...

You will not be happy as long as your parents remain unburied. Rebeca shuddered. As ...

closed by a gold button, who had nothing to do with the king of hearts. She remembered a very y ...

I dont understand, she said. Pilar Ternera seemed disconcerted: I dont either, but that ...

closets and trunks, moving furniture and turning over beds and floorboards looking for the bag o ...

against the walls, they perceived the deep cloc-cloc. They penetrated the wall and there were the bo ...

through the kitchen he kissed Rebeca on the forehead. Get those bad thoughts out of your head, he to ...

the hardest tasks. Sometimes she would go into the workshop and help Arcadio sensitize the daguerreoty ...

On a certain occasion Aureliano was there working on his silver, and Pilar Ternera leaned over the ...

Well, Aureliano said. Tell me what it is. Pilar Ternera bit her lips with a sad smile. ...

on a restful strength. I will recognize him, he said. Hell bear my name. José Arcadio ...

undertakings. He stopped eating. He stopped sleeping. Only the vigilance and care of Rebeca kept him from ...

was useful when put into motion. The fever of insomnia fatigued him so much that one dawn he ...

Youve come from a long way off! After many years of death the yearning for the living wa ...

who came from the Upar Valley, those who came from the swamp, and no one could tell him because Ma ...

asked him: What day is today? Aureliano told him that it was Tuesday. I was thinking the sa ...