One Hundred Years of Solitude

by Gabriel García Márquez

One Hundred Years of Solitude: Setting 1 key example

Definition of Setting

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Setting
Explanation and Analysis:

The novel is primarily set in the fictional town of Macondo, which is loosely based on Márquez's childhood town Aracataca in Colombia. Before writing One Hundred Years of Solitude, Márquez set a number of other stories in Macondo, and he also references it in his other novels. Macondo therefore establishes a connection between his various fictional works.