Macondo, a land founded by the Buendias,
who lived, died and died again, sometimes for a cause and sometimes for the
illusion of grandeur. It was a land that once prosperous but fated to be buried
under the canopy of dried mud for, the plague of incest and war was more than
it could handle. Despite that, Macondo produced sons who exhibited valor and
died for it; it produced men for whom the land meant everything; it made
warriors out of women, without whom the strange town would have collapsed
before the 100 years.
Yes it was only a town that faced and
survived the plague of insomnia. It was merely a town that stood even after
being ravaged by the biggest war that left nothing for its inmates except the
land itself. It stood the test of time, holding on to the last threads till its
creator, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, finally gave Macondo the peace it deserved.
Marquez created Macondo, which carried the
echoes of the war and pain of the living-dead. He brought alive the world that
was barely acknowledged yet plundered. He immortalized Macondo, a tribute to
the land that gave him home and made him.
The man died but Macondo continues to live,
as a memory to some and as the fallen legend to many!
