Trivia / One Hundred Years of Solitude

• Breakthrough Hit: This was the book that made Gabriel García Marquez one of the most renowned authors of all time.
• Creator Backlash: Despite its success, García Marquez would end up hating his most famous work, due to critics misunderstanding its meaning, the fact that it eclipsed his other writings, and the overwhelming fame it brought him.
• Magnum Opus Dissonance: Besides the Creator Backlash, Garcia Marquez' considered No One Writes to the Colonel his best book instead of this one.
• Write Who You Know: Colonel Aureliano Buendía is based on Márquez's grandfather.