Сто лет одиночества
Chapter 1
TheconcertofsomanydifferentbirdsbecamesodisturbingthatOrsulawouldplugherearswithbeeswaxsoasnottolosehersenseofreality.ThefirsttimethatMelqufades’tribearrived,sellingglassballsforheadaches,everyonewassurprisedthattheyhadbeenabletofindthatvillagelostinthedrowsinessoftheswamp,andthegypsiesconfessedthattheyhadfoundtheirwaybythesongofthebirds.
Thatspiritofsocialinitiativedisappearedinashorttime,pulledawaybythefeverofthemagnets,theastronomicalcalculations,thedreamsoftransmutation,andtheurgetodiscoverthewondersoftheworld.Fromacleanandactiveman,JoseArcadioBuendfachangedintoamanlazyinappearance,carelessinhisdress,withawildbeardthatOrsulamanagedtotrimwithgreateffortandakitchenknife.Thereweremanywhoconsideredhimthevictimofsomestrangespell.ButeventhosemostconvincedofhismadnessleftworkandfamilytofollowhimwhenhebroughtouthistoolstoclearthelandandaskedtheassembledgrouptoopenawaythatwouldputMacondoincontactwiththegreatinventions.
JoseArcadioBuendfawascompletelyignorantofthegeographyoftheregion.HeknewthattotheeasttherelayanimpenetrablemountainchainandthatontheothersideofthemountainstherewastheardentcityofRiohacha,whereintimespast-accordingtowhathehadbeentoldbythefirstAurelianoBuendfa,hisgrandfather-SirFrancisDrakehadgonecrocodilehuntingwithcannonsandthatherepairedhemandstuffedthemwithstrawtobringtoQueenElizabeth.Inhisyouth,JoseArcadioBuendfaandhismen,withwivesandchildren,animalsandallkindsofdomesticimplements,hadcrossedthemountainsinsearchofanoutlettothesea,andaftertwenty-sixmonthstheygaveuptheexpeditionandfoundedMacondo,sotheywouldnothavetogoback.
