One Hundred Years of Solitude

beyond any formalism. That
at least was the point of view
of Colonel Aureliano
Buendía, for whom Remedios
the Beauty was in no way
mentally retarded, as was
generally believed, but quite
the opposite. Its as if shes
come back from twenty years
of war, he would say. Úrsula,
for her part, thanked God for
having awarded the family
with a creature of exceptional
purity, but at the same time