One Hundred Years of Solitude

by, tenacious and invincible.
Fernanda, writing letters to
her children, was not aware
of the unchecked destructive
attack. Santa Sofía de la
Piedad continued struggling
alone, fighting the weeds to
stop them from getting into
the kitchen, pulling from the
walls the tassels of spider
webs which were rebuilt in a
few hours, scraping off the
termites. But when she saw
that Melquíades room was