Gabriel Garcia Marquez
A Colombian author.
The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World
A dead man washes up on a very small village. It is so small, they have to throw their dead off the cliffs. The man is named Esteban, and inspires the village to become better.
Leaf Storm
A horrible doctor dies. The colonel promised to give him a good burial. The banana company is ruining the town. They bury the doctor.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Recounts seven generations of Buendias family, which founded isolated Macondo [based on Aracataca].
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