One Hundred Years of Solitude

Arcadio Buendía, with whom
Úrsulas great-great-
grandfather established a
partnership that was so
lucrative that within a few
years they made a fortune.
Several centuries later the
great-great-grandson of the
native-born planter married
the great-great-granddaughter
of the Aragonese. Therefore,
every time that Úrsula
became exercised over her
husbands mad ideas, she