One Hundred Years of Solitude

bedtime, were closed during
siesta time under the pretext
that the sun heated up the
bedrooms and in the end they
were closed for good. The
aloe branch and loaf of bread
that had been hanging over
the door since the days of the
founding were replaced by a
niche with the Sacred Heart
of Jesus. Colonel Aureliano,
Buendía became aware
somehow of those changes
and foresaw their