One Hundred Years of Solitude

solitude that separated and
united them at the same time.
José Arcadio could then turn
to Aureliano to untangle
certain domestic problems
that exasperated him.
Aureliano, in turn, could sit
and read on the porch,
waiting for the letters from
Amaranta Úrsula, which still
arrived with the usual
punctuality, and could use the
bathroom, from which José
Arcadio had banished him