One Hundred Years of Solitude

show Aureliano Segundo
himself how much his spirits
had declined and to what a
degree his skill as a masterful
carouser had dried up. He
was a changed man. The two
hundred forty pounds that he
had attained during the days
when he had been challenged
by The Elephant had been
reduced to one hundred fifty-
six; the glowing and bloated
tortoise face had turned into
that of an iguana, and he was