The novel “One Hundred Years of Solitude” was a work written by Gabriel García Márquez during eighteen months between 1965 and 1966 in Mexico City and first published time in 1967 in Buenos Aires. The genius to write this work was born in 1952 during the trip that Gabriel García Márquez made to his hometown, Aracataca. There is no doubt that the fictional place of Macondo, the environment in which the work takes place, reflects many of the customs and anecdotes experienced by Gabriel García Márquez during his childhood in the aforementioned town, thus showing a historical and social context which will be analyzed below. The historical context of the work can be placed in Colombia, between the end of the 19th century and the mid-20th century. As stated in the novel, liberal and conservative parties have existed throughout Colombia's history, best known for the multiple civil wars they faced. It is clear that Gabriel García Márquez reflects two historical figures of Colombia: Rafael Uribe Uribe, leader of the liberal party and Rafael Núñez, Colombian president, leader of the conservative party. Many of the battles described in the work refer to bloody battles of the Colombian civil war, such as the Thousand Days War. The work also describes how countless conflicts would be led mainly by a character homologous to Rafael Uribe Uribe: Colonel Aureliano Buendía. Regarding social contexts, there are two pieces of information that relate similarly to the Colombian historical context. The first piece of information concerns the arrival of the railway in Colombia. In 1882 the Santa Marta Railway was founded, which served mainly ... middle of paper ... years of solitude” may have been the development of the First and Second World Wars. Since Gabriel García Márquez was a European journalist, his main task could have been to report on the daily life of a bloody war like the Second World War. This, hypothetically speaking, could have generated characters in a new story that directly or indirectly describe the development of this conflict. In conclusion, it must be considered that a mentality influenced by a European region would have fertilized a new literary style, a new narrative. plot, a new lexicon with new original expressions from Europe and most likely a different title for the work. But the discomfort of the most avid readers could be due to the fact that they had never known a literary style as unique as the magical realism of Gabriel García Márquez..