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Work #656 · Mid

One Hundred Years of Solitude (Cien años de soledad)

Gabriel García Márquez
1967 · Spanish
Magical-realist novel · Latin American magical realism

García Márquez's 1967 foundational Latin American magical realism — the Buendía family of Macondo

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Attribute One Hundred Years of Solitude (Cien años de soledad) (Mid)
Time · Extent Infinite
Time · Ontological Status Substantival
Time · Grain Continuous
Time · Freedom Non-Deterministic
Time · Traversability Cyclical
Time · Dimensionality One
Time · Direction Uni-directional
Space · Extent Infinite
Space · Ontological Status Substantival
Space · Curvature Flat
Space · Dimensionality Three
Space · Locality Local
Matter · Extent Infinite
Matter · Ontological Status Substantival
Matter · Conservation Conserved
Matter · Dimensionality Three
Matter · Locality Local
Observer · Time Instance Plural
Observer · Space Instance Single
Observer · Knowledge Extent Partial
Observer · Knowledge Retainment Total
Observer · Physicality Embodied
Observer · Agency Both
Observer · Number Plural
Observer · Metaphysical Agency Cosmic-ordering
Observer · Moral Authority Experience
Observer · Theological Method
Energy · Extent Infinite
Energy · Ontological Status Substantival
Energy · Conservation Conserved
Energy · Dispersibility Irreversible
Information · Ontological Status Substantival
Information · Cosmic Conservation Conserved
Information · Personal Conservation Conserved
Information · Granularity Continuous

Dimension-by-Dimension Evidence

What each work's passages reveal about its stance on each of the six dimensions.

Time

One Hundred Years of Solitude (Cien años de soledad)

The cyclical-mythic time of Latin American history.

Space

One Hundred Years of Solitude (Cien años de soledad)

The fictional Colombian town of Macondo.

Matter

One Hundred Years of Solitude (Cien años de soledad)

The embodied Buendía family across generations.

Observer

One Hundred Years of Solitude (Cien años de soledad)

The Buendía family across seven generations.

Energy

One Hundred Years of Solitude (Cien años de soledad)

Energies of magical-real Latin American history.

Information

One Hundred Years of Solitude (Cien años de soledad)

Foundational magical-realist Latin American framework.

Internal Tensions

Where each work's argument pulls against itself.

One Hundred Years of Solitude (Cien años de soledad)

One Hundred Years of Solitude foundational for global Latin American literature; García Márquez won 1982 Nobel.