One Hundred Years of Solitude

be adrift, but he imposed the
condition that the child
should never know his true
identity. Although he was
given the name José Arcadio,
they ended up calling him
simply Arcadio so as to avoid
confusion. At that time there
was so much activity in the
town and so much bustle in
the house that the care of the
children was relegated to a
secondary level. They were
put in the care of Visitación, a