[NYTr] Cuba Pays Tribute to Garcia Marquez with New Edition of His Masterpiece

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Cuba Pays Tribute to Garcia Marquez with New Edition of His Masterpiece

Havana, Dec 26 (acn) A new edition of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" 
will be presented at 7pm today in Pabellon Cuba exhibition hall in 
Havana. The new publication commemorates the 80th birthday of 
the author, Nobel Prize Laureate in Literature Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

The book includes illustrations by famous painter Roberto Favelo and 
was conceived by the Cuban Book Institute and the Art and Literature 
Publishing House as a tribute to the celebrated Colombian writer, 
reported Granma newspaper.

The new edition also coincides with the 40th anniversary of the first 
publication of the book in 1967, which revolutionized the international 
perspective on 20th century Latin American fiction.

"One Hundred Years of Solitude" is considered Garcia Marquez's 
masterpiece. The novel chronicles a family's struggle, and the history 
of their fictional town, Macondo, over a century.

In his autobiography, "Living to Tell the Tale," Garcia Marquez 
acknowledges that Macondo was created based on the towns where he grew 
up. Like many other of his novels, "One Hundred Years of Solitude" 
crosses genres, combining elements of history, magical realism, and 
pure fiction.

The Colombian writer visited the island early in December, to attend 
the 29th edition of the Havana's New Latin American Cinema Festival.