One Hundred Years of Solitude

gypsy seemed to have been
worn dowse by some
tenacious illness. It was, in
reality, the result of multiple
and rare diseases contracted
on his innumerable trips
around the world. According
to what he himself said as he
spoke to José Arcadio
Buendía while helping him
set up the laboratory, death
followed him everywhere,
sniffing at the cuffs of his
pants, but never deciding to