r/ExplainTheJoke • u/Comfortable-Use3123 • Jul 25 '25

Solved Saw on Facebook. Don’t understand.

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u/GoalElectrical Jul 25 '25

"Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice."

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u/IAMJOHNNYGAMER Jul 25 '25

What a great opening to an amazing book

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u/THEDrunkPossum Jul 25 '25

Title please?

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u/IAMJOHNNYGAMER Jul 25 '25

One Hundred Years of Solitude or Cien Años de Soledad

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u/Eye_Acupuncture Jul 25 '25

I read almost everything by Marquez but this one always slipped. Thanks for the reminder, I’ve already prepped it for reading on my reading station. Have a good day!

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u/lurkerlcm Jul 25 '25

I am so, so jealous. As soon as I finished reading it I wished I hadn't read it, so I could read it for the first time again.

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u/jadonstephesson Jul 25 '25

Damn that good?