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From that night on Aureliano, took refuge in the compassionate tenderness and understanding of his unknown great-great-grandmother. Sitting in her wicker rocking chair, she would recall the past, reconstruct the grandeur and misfortunes of the family and the splendor of Macondo, which was now erased, while ?lvaro frightened the crocodiles with his noisy laughter and Alfonso invented outlandish stories about the bitterns who had pecked out the eyes of four customers who misbehaved the week before, and Gabriel was in the room of the pensive mulatto girl who did not collect in money but in letters to a smuggler boyfriend who was in prison on the other side of the Orinoco because the border guards had caught him and had made him sit on a chamberpot that filled up with a mixture of shit and diamonds. That true brothel, with that maternal proprietress, was the world of which Aureliano had dreamed during his prolonged captivity. He felt so well, so close to perfect companionship, that he thought of no other refuge on the afternoon on which Amaranta ?rsula had made his illusions crumble. He was ready to unburden himself with words so that someone could break the knots that bound his chest, but he only managed to let out a fluid, warm, and restorative weeping in Pilar Ternera’s lap. She let him finish, scratching his head with the tips of her fingers, and without his having revealed that he was weeping from love, she recognized immediately the oldest sobs in the history of man.
“It’s all right, child,?she consoled him. “Now tell me who it is.?
When Aureliano told her, Pilar Ternera let out a deep laugh, the old expansive laugh that ended up as a cooing of doves. There was no mystery in the heart of a Buendía that was impenetrable for her because a century of cards and experience had taught her that the history of the family was a machine with unavoidable repetitions, a turning wheel that would have gone on spilling into eternity were it not for the progressive and irremediable wearing of the axle.
“Don’t worry,?she said, smiling. “Wherever she is right now, she’s waiting for you.?
It was half past four in the afternoon when Amaranta ?rsula came out of her bath. Aureliano saw her go by his room with a robe of soft folds and a towel wrapped around her head like a turban. He followed her almost on tiptoes, stumbling from drunkenness, and he went into the nuptial bedroom just as she opened the robe and closed it again in fright. He made a silent signal toward the next room where the door was half open and where Aureliano knew that Gaston was beginning to write a letter.
“Go away,?she said voicelessly.
从那天晚上起，奥雷连诺·布恩蒂亚就在他并不认识的高祖母那里得到了同情和照顾。她一坐上柳条摇椅，就会想起过去，想起当年这一家的兴旺和没落，想起马孔多昔日的光辉，而这光辉现在已经泯灭了。这时阿尔伐罗正在嘿嘿怪笑地吓唬鳄鱼，阿尔丰索给麻屑编了个怪诞可笑的故事，说一星期之前，这些鸟儿把四个行为不端的顾客的眼珠子啄了出来。加布里埃尔呆在神情忧郁的混血姑娘的房间里。这姑娘没有收敛钱币，而在给一位从事走私活动的男朋友写信。那个男朋友已被边防警察抓走，目前正在奥里诺科河（在委内瑞拉境内，往东流入大西洋。）对岸蹲监狱。警察让他坐在一个装满了粪便和钻石的便盆上。这个真正的妓院有一个慈祥的鸨母，正是奥雷连诺·布恩蒂亚在长期的禁锢期间梦寐以求的地方。他感到妙不可言，简直象是领受到了最美好的情谊，使他再也不想去别处存身了。他打算用话语来解脱自己的负担，以便有人来割断缠在他胸上的绳索，但他只是伏在皮拉。 苔列娜的大腿上伤心地哭了一通。皮拉·苔列娜让他哭完，用指尖抚摸着他的头，他虽然没有显露出他是因为情欲而伤心，可她却一下子猜透了男人自古以来的伤心事。
“好了，孩子，”她安慰他。“你就告诉我，她是谁。”
奥雷连诺·布恩蒂亚告诉她之后，皮拉·苔列娜发出一阵大笑，一种胸襟豁达的笑声，最后就象鸽子咕咕地叫了。奥雷连诺·布恩蒂亚心中没有她猜不透的秘密，因为一个世纪的岁月和经验告诉她，家庭的演变就象一架机器，不可避免地要有反复，就象一只轮子，若不是由于无可补救的磨损而需要更换新轮轴，它就会永远转动下去。
“不要烦恼，”她笑着说。“不管她在哪儿，她一定会等着你。”
午后一点半，阿玛兰塔·乌苏娜从浴室出来。奥雷连诺。 布恩蒂亚看见她从门口走过，穿着一件衣裙柔软的浴衣，头上包着头巾似的手绢。他几乎踮着脚尖，趁着醉意趔趔趄趄地尾随在她身后。正当她解开浴衣时，他踏进了这间幽会用的卧房。她吃了一惊，忙把衣服合上。他一声不响，向隔壁一指，那间屋门半掩着，奥雷连诺·布恩蒂亚知道加斯东正在那里写信。
“走开，”她小声说。
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作者简介：
加西亚·马尔克斯（1927一）哥伦比亚作家，记者。生于马格达莱纳省阿拉卡塔卡镇。父亲是个电报报务员兼顺势疗法医生。他自小在外祖父家中长大。外祖父当过上校军官，性格善良、倔强，思想比较激进；外祖母博古通今，善讲神话传说及鬼怪故事，这对作家日后的文学创作有着重要的影响。
加西亚·马尔克斯作品的主要特色是幻想与现实的巧妙结合，以此来反映社会现实生活，审视人生和世界。重要作品有长篇小说《百年孤独》（1967）《家长的没落》（1975）、《霍乱时期的爱情》（1985）等。
本书简介：
《百年孤独》内容复杂，人物众多，情节离奇，手法新颖。马尔克斯在书中溶汇了南美洲特有的五彩缤纷的文化。他通过描写小镇马孔多的产生、兴盛到衰落、消亡，表现了拉丁美洲令人惊异的疯狂历史。小说以“汇集了不可思议的奇迹和最纯粹的现实生活”荣获1982年诺贝尔文学奖。
创作历程：
从1830年至十九世纪末的70年间，哥伦比亚爆发过几十次内战，使数十万人丧生。本书以很大的篇幅描述了这方面的史实，并且通过书中主人公带有传奇色彩的生涯集中表现出来。政客们的虚伪，统治者们的残忍，民众的盲从和愚昧等等都写得淋漓尽致。作家以生动的笔触，刻画了性格鲜明的众多人物，描绘了这个家族的孤独精神。在这个家族中，夫妻之间、父子之间、母女之间、兄弟姐妹之间，没有感情沟通，缺乏信任和了解。尽管很多人为打破孤独进行过种种艰苦的探索，但由于无法找到一种有效的办法把分散的力量统一起来，最后均以失败告终。这种孤独不仅弥漫在布恩迪亚家族和马孔多镇，而且渗入了狭隘思想，成为阻碍民族向上、国家进步的一大包袱。
作家写出这一点，是希望拉丁美洲民众团结起来，共同努力摆脱孤独。所以，《百年孤独》中浸淫着的孤独感，其主要内涵应该是对整个苦难的拉丁美洲被排斥现代文明世界的进程之外的愤懑[mèn]和抗议，是作家在对拉丁美洲近百年的历史、以及这块大陆上人民独特的生命力、生存状态、想象力进行独特的研究之后形成的倔强的自信。这个古老的家族也曾经在新文明的冲击下，努力的走出去寻找新的世界，尽管有过畏惧和退缩，可是他们还是抛弃了传统的外衣，希望溶入这个世界。可是外来文明以一种侵略的态度来吞噬这个家族，于是他们就在这样一个开放的文明世界中持续着“百年孤独”。作者表达着一种精神状态的孤独来批判外来者对拉美大陆的一种精神层面的侵略，以及西方文明对拉美的歧视与排斥。“羊皮纸手稿所记载的一切将永远不会重现，遭受百年孤独的家族，注定不会在大地上第二次出现了。” 作者用一个毁灭的结尾来表达了自己深深的愤懑。
