Look 19 “Widows of Macondo” Collection. This collection is inspired by the novel One Hundred Years of Solitude – One Hundred Years of Solitude (Spanish: Cien años de Soledad, American Spanish: is a landmark 1967 novel by Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez that tells the multi-generational story of the Buendía family, whose patriarch, José Arcadio Buendía, founded the (fictitious) town of Macondo. The novel is often cited as one of the supreme achievements in literature.