village.
            José    Arcadio Buendía didnot  succeed     in  deciphering
the  dream   of  houses  with
mirror  walls   until   the day he
discovered   ice.    Then    he
thought  he  understood  its
deep     meaning.    He  thought
that     in  the     near    future  they
would   be  able    to  manufacture
blocks  of  ice on  a   large   scale
from    such    a   common  material
as  water   and with    them    build