Why am I passionate about this?
As a baby, I was fascinated by shadows, how they lengthened and shortened till they disappeared, and how they moved their position around me and objects. I used to play with Barbies; I invented stories that lasted for days, progressively postponing the main events in favor of their preparation. Progressively, I became accustomed to my relatives’s death and their funerals. I realized that time connected these observations and games as much as the novels and films that I loved. In my list, you can find stimulating books where Time shyly shows itself on a stage.
Elisa's book list on timeless books about time
Why did Elisa love this book?
I adore this novel because it develops from the past to the present and future of the Buendìa family, although the past represents itself in the present and will represent itself in the future.
Generations change, but their stories remain the same in an endless loop. This timeless repetition of the same or similar misfortunes is interrupted by real historical and imaginary events that further distort the linear cause-and-effect chain.
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One Hundred Years of Solitude tells the story of the rise and fall, birth and death of the mythical town of Macondo through the history of the Buendía family. Inventive, amusing, magnetic, sad, and alive with unforgettable men and women -- brimming with truth, compassion, and a lyrical magic that strikes the soul -- this novel is a masterpiece in the art of fiction.