One Hundred Years of Solitude

became aware that he knew
things that were not in the
encyclopedia, such as the
price of items. Everything is
known, was the only reply he
received from Aureliano
when he asked him where he
had got that information
from. Aureliano, for his part,
was surprised that José
Arcadio when seen from
close by was so different
from the image that he had
formed of him when he saw