One of the stated aims of Márquez, as he said it, was to “tell a story just like my grandmother would have done it”. With the result in hand the conclusion must be that he has done it quite well. Márquez has managed to capture the vivid language of story telling as well as having the story moving both " forward and sideways". Togheter with the extensive use of magic realism and the life …showed first 75 words of 532 total…

…showed last 75 words of 532 total…from something true and has only been moderately changed to fit the story.One of the hardest parts when discussing different novels is to deside which one you like the most and why. My conclusion is that indeed, One Hundred Years of solitude is an “unforgettable” novel and the fact Gabriel Garcìa Màrquez was awarded the Noble Prize for literature in 1982 is a clear indication that I´m not alone with this view.