Through the history of the Buenda family, the novel chronicles the story of the birth and fall of the mythical town of Macondo. It’s a rich and beautiful chronicle of life, death, and humanity’s tragicomedy. One may see all of humanity in the Buenda family’s lovely, ludicrous, and tawdry story, just as one can see all of Latin America in Macondo’s history, mythology, growth, and ruin.