publication date: Saturday, November 20, 2021 (part of Fall 2021)

category: Literature

clue: This Colombian author wrote in solitude, but his flair for magical realism made him a beloved national icon and a Nobel winner in the 1980s.

explanation: García Márquez's novels, including One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Autumn of the Patriarch, Love in the Time of Cholera, and Chronicle of a Death Foretold, often explored solitude as a theme. more…

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Richard Slominsky, Denise Sawicki, and Erik Bates


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