One Hundred Years of Solitude

any artificial stimulation of
their appetites but through the
absolute tranquility of their
spirits. Her theory,
demonstrated in practice, was
based on the principle that a
person who had all matters of
conscience in perfect shape
should be able to eat until
overcome by fatigue. And it
was for moral reasons and
sporting interest that she left
her school and her home to
compete with a man whose