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LESSON 7 · Books That Shaped the World

PAUSE TO THINK

What happened to the first printing of One Hundred Years of Solitude?

Its 8,000-copy Argentine run sold out in a week

When the novel appeared in Buenos Aires in 1967, the first printing of 8,000 copies sold out within a week, and reprints could barely keep pace with demand.

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