What kind of work was 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'?
One Hundred Years of Solitude was a novel by Colombia Garcia Márquez and one of the representative works of magical realism. It was first published in 1967. The novel used the history of the seven generations of the Buendía family as a clue to show the changes in Colombia's history, culture, and social life by telling the relationship between the members of the family. The characters in the novel had supernatural abilities, such as Amoroso, the boy of the Macondo family, who could breathe underwater and see ghosts. These elements constituted the magical realism style of the novel. One Hundred Years of Solitude was regarded as a classic of modern literature, which had a profound influence on later literature, art, and literary schools. The novel was also translated into many languages and became very popular around the world.