Magical RealismGabriel Garcรญa Mรกrquez ยท 1967
One Hundred Years of Solitude in Emojis
Seven generations of one family in a mythical town โ in emoji.
The rise and fall of the Buendรญa family across seven generations in the fictional town of Macondo, where the magical and the everyday blur, is chronicled toward a prophesied, cyclical doom.
The plot in emoji
One Hundred Years of Solitude emoji summary, decoded
Here's what each part of the emoji story means, beat by beat.
- ๐๏ธ๐ฑJosรฉ Arcadio Buendรญa founds the isolated town of Macondo.
- ๐งฒโ๏ธWandering gypsies bring magnets, ice, and alchemy.
- ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ๐Generations repeat the same names, loves, and follies.
- ๐ฆ๐Yellow butterflies trail a doomed, devoted lover.
- ๐ง๏ธโพ๏ธIt rains for nearly five straight years.
- ๐๐ฎA gypsy's parchments secretly foretell the whole saga.
- ๐๐ช๏ธThe last Buendรญa is read away as a wind erases Macondo forever.
The cast of One Hundred Years of Solitude in emoji
The main characters, one emoji each โ tap any to copy.
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Josรฉ Arcadio Buendรญa
The town's dreamer-founder.
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รrsula
The family's near-immortal matriarch.
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Melquรญades
The gypsy whose prophecies bind it all.
One Hundred Years of Solitude emoji set
A copyable set of emojis that capture the book's vibe. Tap any emoji, or copy them all.
Did you know?
A landmark of 'magical realism,' it helped win Garcรญa Mรกrquez the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is One Hundred Years of Solitude in emojis?
- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcรญa Mรกrquez can be summed up in emojis as: ๐๏ธ๐จโ๐ฉโ๐งโ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ง๏ธโ๏ธ๐ฎโพ๏ธ๐๐๐ช๏ธ๐ โ a shorthand emoji plot summary you can copy and share.
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