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Aracataca is a small town about 30kms inland from the Caribbean. At one time it was a stop on the railway line from the coast to Bogotá the capital. The climate is tropical and life is easy going. The main street is busy with people, noisy with music and totally unhurried. It was here back in March 1927 that Gabriel García Márquez was born. 'Gabo' as he known affectionately is Colombia's only Nobel prize winning author and just one of four in Latin America. He began writing in journalism and after turning to literature his major novel One Hundred Years of Solitude was published in 1967 as Cien Años de Soledad. The story is set in Macondo a fictional village often seen as Aracataca |
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A 1983 edition of the book in its 8th British paperback printing. |
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| The house where 'Gabo' lived as a young boy is at Carrera 5. 6-21 , a few steps from the main street. |
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From- Vivir para Contarle / Living to Tell the Tale - the first part of his autobiography [2002] |
| "Cuando el abuelo me regaló un diccionario me despertó tal curiosidad por las palabras que lo leía como una novela, en orden alfabético y sin entenderlo apenas. Así fue mi primer contacto con el que habría de ser el libro fundamental en mi destino de escritor". | |
| "When Grandfather gave me a dictionary, it awakened such a curiosity about words in me that I read it like a novel, in alphabetical order, scarcely understanding it. That was my first contact with what would be the fundamental book in my destiny as a writer. |
Film and editing: Tony Morrison / Sound : local from the street
For pictures of Colombia visit COLOMBIA at South American Pictures and look in Archaeology, Colombia for more including some fabulous ancient gold.
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