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Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude to Become Binge TV for Netflix

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Gabriel García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude was released in 1967 and became a part of the literary canon. Now, it will go through the modern rite of passage and become a series on Netflix. The company announced today that it has purchased the rights to the book — which tells the story of the Buendia family, who live in a fictional town called Macondo — with production set to take place almost entirely in Colombia. The author’s sons, Rodrigo García and Gonzalo García Barcha, will executive produce.

One Hundred Years of Solitude to Become Binge TV for Netflix