One Hundred Years of Solitude Characters

Úrsula Iguarán

The family matriarch, Úrsula, is a woman of indomitable will and bottomless energy. She heads the family, takes care of the giant house, runs a business, and lives to be over 150 years old. Not ba...

Colonel Aureliano Buendía

Talk about a transformation. After a bookish childhood, and a late-life marriage to a young girl who dies mid-pregnancy, Aureliano Buendía becomes involved in Colombian politics, calling himself a...

Aureliano Segundo

The fatter and lazier of Arcadio's twin boys, Aureliano Segundo spends his life shuttling between his wife, Fernanda del Carpio, and his mistress, Petra Cotes. Leading a Double LifeWe can explore a...

Mr. Herbert and Mr. Brown

Representatives of the banana company that briefly takes over Macondo, these men head up the company's plunder, exploitation, and eventual massacre of 3,000 workers.It's interesting that we are int...

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