Philippine E-Journals

Cry of the People

Juan Miguel Luz

 

Abstract:

When Gabriel Garcia Marquez created his monumental classic, One Hundred Years of Solitude, he wrote the human story of an entire continent, its culture, violence, and dreams as reflected in a family. It is a story steeped in Latin American surrealism, in its inherent and compelling flights into mysticism scattered with images of violence through periods of growth, prosperity, and decay. Marquez' use of language leaves one with haunting images of a continent that is alternately peaceful and violent, desired and feared.