One Hundred Years of Solitude

for the Belgian Congo, where
his family had investments in
palm oil. The marriage and
the decision to spend a few
months in Macondo to please
his wife had obliged him to
postpone it. But when he saw
that Amaranta Úrsula was
determined to organize a
commission for public
improvement and even
laughed at him when he
hinted at the possibility of
returning, he understood that