#  Book Panel on Ascent to Glory: How One Hundred Years of Solitude Was Written and Became a Global Classic by Álvaro Santana-Acuña 

 



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 **February 2, 2021** 

 12:00PM - 12:00PM EST 

 



 

 To view the recording, click [here](https://vimeo.com/507968969).

 **Speaker**: Álvaro Santana-Acuña, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Whitman College  
**Chair**: Michèle Lamont, Weatherhead Center Director; Robert I. Goldman Professor of European Studies; Professor of Sociology and of African and African American Studies, Departments of Sociology and African and African American Studies, Harvard University  
**Commentators**: Gisèle Sapiro, Professor of Sociology at École des hautes études en sciences sociales and Research Professor at Centre national de la recherche scientifique, France; Mariano Siskind, Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and of Comparative Literature, Harvard University; Diana Sorensen, James F. Rothenberg Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and Professor of Comparative Literature, Harvard University

 Gabriel García Márquez’s novel *One Hundred Years of Solitude* seemed destined for obscurity upon its publication in 1967. The little-known author, small publisher, magical style, and setting in a remote Caribbean village were hardly the usual ingredients for success in the literary marketplace. Yet today it ranks among the best-selling books of all time. Translated into dozens of languages, it continues to enter the lives of new readers around the world. How did *One Hundred Years of Solitude* achieve this unlikely success? And what does its trajectory tell us about how a work of art becomes a classic? *Ascent to Glory* is a groundbreaking study of *One Hundred Years of Solitude*, from the moment García Márquez first had the idea for the novel to its global consecration. Using new documents from the author’s archives, Álvaro Santana-Acuña shows how García Márquez wrote the novel, going beyond the many legends that surround it.

 *To purchase a copy of this book, please visit the Harvard Book Store website.*

 *Presented in collaboration with [Mahindra Humanities Center](https://mahindrahumanities.fas.harvard.edu/) and [Weatherhead Center for International Affairs](https://wcfia.harvard.edu/)*



 

 



 

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