One Hundred Years of Solitude

the story of the Spanish
galleon aground eight miles
from the sea, the carbonized
frame of which he had seen
himself during the war. The
story, which for so many
years had seemed fantastic to
so many people, was a
revelation for José Arcadio
Segundo. He auctioned off
his roosters to the highest
bidder, recruited men, bought
tools, and set about the
awesome task of breaking