Many years later, as he faced
the firing squad, Aureliano Buendía
was to remember that distant afternoon when
his father took him to discover ice.

Hundrað ára einsemi (One Hundred Years of Solitude) is the story of the family Buendía and the fictitious city of Macondo, which was founded by and falls alongside the family. It is a story of war and love, of longing and loneliness. It is filled with alarming reality and hopeless fantasy, always on the fence between history and legend.

Hundrað ára einsemi is one of the grand novels in world literature. It has been translated to almost all languages, and millions of copies have been sold worldwide.