Cien años de soledad is a Magical Realism, High fantasy, Family saga, Epic Fiction Novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez that tells the multi-generational story of the Buendia family, whose patriarch, Jose Arcadio Buendia, founded the (fictitious) town of Macondo. The novel is often cited as one of the supreme achievements in literature. This novel is also known as 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' in english.