One Hundred Years of Solitude

and brought to the house and
baptized in an intimate
ceremony with the name
Aureliano José, Remedios
decided that he would be
considered their oldest child.
Her maternal instinct
surprised Úrsula. Aureliano,
for his part, found in her the
justification that he needed to
live. He worked all day in his
workshop and Remedios
would bring him a cup of
black coffee in the middle of