One Hundred Years of Solitude
By Gabriel García Márquez
"The brilliant, bestselling, landmark novel that tells the story of the Buendia family, and chronicles the irreconcilable conflict between the desire for solitude and the need for love—in rich, imaginative prose that has come to define an entire genre known as "magical realism."" - HELM
Why was this book challenged?
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Reasons: Sexual Content, Profanity
According to the American Library Association, "One Hundred Years of Solitude was published in 1967 and was challenged frequently throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s due to coarse language and sexual content. In 1986, it was even removed from required reading lists at Wasco Union (CA) High School, an act that triggered a lawsuit from English teacher Lee McCarthy. School officials called the novel “garbage being passed off as literature”, despite its award winning status."
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