One Hundred Years of Solitude

doors and windows off their
hinges, pulled off the roof of
the east wing, and uprooted
the foundations. Only then
did he discover that Amaranta
Úrsula was not his sister but
his aunt, and that Sir Francis
Drake had attacked Riohacha
only so that they could seek
each other through the most
intricate labyrinths of blood
until they would engender the
mythological animal that was
to bring the line to an end.