One Hundred Years of Solitude -Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s

With over 50 million copies sold worldwide since 1967, Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ has remained one of the most influential books ever in world literature. The book, which became a sensation in Kerala, was officially translated into Malayalam before it won the Nobel Prize. Interestingly, Malayalam was the second language into which the book was translated, after English. “Even now, Marquez’s books are as sought-after. It’s the nature of his writing, especially the magical realism, that captivates Malayali readers. Just like Khasakkinte Ithihasam by O V Vijayan, One Hundred Years of Solitude has been a path-changer in Malayalam literature,” says Ramdas Rajan, deputy editor of DC Books.