本书作者获一九八二年诺贝尔文学奖。本书被国外评论界称之为“继《唐•吉诃德》之后最伟大的西班牙语作品”，是“本世纪下半叶给人印象最深的一部小说。” 本书通过布恩蒂亚一家七代人在小镇马孔多创建、发展和毁灭过程中的遭遇，反映了拉丁美洲近百年的兴衰。书中人物逼真，场景缤纷，加之写作手法新颖，把不可思议的奇迹和最纯粹的现实生活熔为一炉，造成奇妙的艺术境界，及其引人入胜。 译者是老翻译家。译文忠实，优美，富于情味。

本書是加西亞‧馬奎斯繼《愛在瘟疫蔓延時》之後的力作，描寫一八三○年拉丁美洲獨立戰爭的領袖西蒙‧玻利瓦爾在其生命的最後十四天，沿著馬格達萊納河去聖瑪爾燈塔作的一次幻影般的旅行。透過旅途中的種種事件與追憶，我們也逆溯這位英雄人物輝煌的一生。他的一切愛與憎，理想與破滅，以及宿命的孤寂，都在流亡的旅途中，劃上了句點，留給歷史的是一聲長長的歎息。

It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.' Fifty-one years, nine months and four days have passed since Fermina Daza rebuffed hopeless romantic Florentino Arizo's impassioned advances and married Dr. Juvenal Urbino instead. During that half century, Florentino has fallen into the arms of many delighted women, but has loved none but Fermina. Having sworn his eternal love to her, he lives for the day when he can court her again. When Fermina's husband is killed trying to retrieve his pet parrot from a mango tree, Florentino seizes his chance to declare his enduring love. But can young love find new life in the twilight of their lives? This new edition of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's much-loved tale is published to coincide with celebrations to mark the 80th birthday of this Nobel Prize winning author in 2007.

本书介绍了智利电影导演米格尔·利廷,避开来自军政方面的种种风险,拍摄了7000多米长的关于他的祖国在军事独裁统治12年之后的现实状况的影片。