Úrsula Iguarán: the portrait of Latin American women in Macondo

Photo by Gabriel García Márquez.

Gabriel García Márquez, writer of One Hundred Years of Solitude.

If something transcended Gabriel García Márquez It was in the tino with which he traced the essence of each of the figures that he included in his work, and it does not speak only of the personality, no, it speaks of the attribute of the citizen and his customs. It does not matter the country or the region, Úrsula Iguarán is the clearest example of how it forms and ages Latin American women.

Latin women are hard-working, resilient, leader and breadwinner, is a loving matriarch, dedicated. Most Latino homes are created and sustained by the dedication of the mother. Although it is not obvious, it is her who gives warmth to the house, who turns those four walls into a home, since it is she herself who usually spends more time there. Your decisions, customs, and teachings guide your loved ones, even after they leave.

The portrait of Úrsula

Úrsula Iguarán was a Colombian woman who, together with her husband José Arcadio Buendía, founded Macondo. She was so determined and strong that she started her town by giving birth to the first inhabitant, arranged the order and place of the houses, decided the colors that would adorn the town, the flowers that would drown the atmosphere of smells, the birds that would fill the sky with music and it was willing to die for Macondo.

One Hundred Years of Solitude it is a novel with which any being that lives from Mexico to the south can relate. It is certain that something about Úrsula makes you evoke a grandmother, an aunt, your wife or your own mother. And it is that she personifies the clearest and most accurate image of Latin American women.

Image about Macondo.

Illustration of Macondo with part of his characters.

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Written by Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014) in Mexico, it took approximately eighteen months to complete. It was published for the first time in Buenos Aires in 1967, by the Sudamericana publishing house. Since then it has been translated into 35 languages, and more than 30 million copies have been sold. It is considered a masterpiece of literature Hispanic American and universal.

In 2007 it was classified as one of the most important works of the Castilian language at the IV International Congress of the Spanish Language. That same year a new edition was released. The new printing was made to celebrate 40 years of the novel and 80 years of its author. This was achieved thanks to the effort made by the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language together with the Royal Spanish Academy.

Been included in The 100 books of the XNUMXth century from the french newspaper Le Monde, the List of the 100 best novels in Spanish of the 100th century of the Spanish newspaper El Mundo and in the XNUMX best books of all time by the Norwegian Book Club.

Gabriel García Márquez and his Nobel Prize

Márquez he won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982 "for his novels and short stories, in which the fantastic and the real are combined in a world richly composed of imagination, reflecting the life and conflicts of a continent.

Macondo poster.

Photograph of a poster alluding to the town of Macondo - Colombiainforma.com.

Any Hispanic who has read this novel will feel identified with one of his characters or pieces of all. Women see their maturity in Úrsula, her innocence in Remedios "la bella", her stubbornness in Amaranta and her unbridled passion in Rebeca.

Men will always be able to identify with the imagination, strength and charm of the José Arcadios or with the shyness, dedication and reserve of the Aurelians. It does not matter the country or the region, Márquez and his stories are part of the soul of Latinos.


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