LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE AND WINNER OF THE WARWICK PRIZE FOR WOMEN IN TRANSLATION
AN OBSERVERBOOK OF THE YEAR
The bestselling sensation that UK booksellers are calling this generation’s War and Peace.
Six romances, one revolution, the story of the century.
At the start of the twentieth century, on the edge of the Russian Empire, a family prospers, thanks to a recipe for hot chocolate that bewitches its drinkers. But this chocolate carries a bitter — some say cursed — aftertaste …
Tumbling through the years, across vast expanses of longing and loss, witness generation after generation of this remarkable family as they struggle and thrive, divide and reunite, and live and die in the red century.
10 most popular books from the Nobel Prize winners in literatures
1. “One Hundred Years of Solitude” by Gabriel García Márquez : This epic novel is a masterpiece of magical realism, weaving the fantastical with the mundane. It chronicles the Buendía family over seven generations in the fictional town of Macondo. The novel explores themes of love, power, and destiny, with a rich tapestry of characters…
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