One Hundred Years of Solitude

Buendía had been in his
youth. But a short time after
the Treaty of Neerlandia, a
piece of chance took him out
of his withdrawn self and
made him face the reality of
the world. A young woman
who was selling numbers for
the raffle of an accordion
greeted him with a great deal
of familiarity. Aureliano
Segundo was not surprised,
for he was frequently
confused with his brother.