Сто лет одиночества

           Thosehallucinatingsessionsremainedprintedonthememoriesoftheboysinsuchawaythatmanyyearslater,asecondbeforetheregulararmyofficergavethefiringsquadthecommandtofire,ColonelAurelianoBuendfasawoncemorethatwarmMarchafternoononwhichhisfatherhadinterruptedthelessoninphysicsandstoodfascinated,withhishandintheairandhiseyesmotionless,listeningtothedistantpipes,drums,andjinglesofthegypsies,whowerecomingtothevillageoncemore,announcingthelatestandmoststartlingdiscoveryofthesagesofMemphis.

           Theywerenewgypsies,youngmenandwomenwhoknewonlytheirownlanguage,handsomespecimenswithoilyskinsandintelligenthands,whosedancesandmusicsowedapanicofuproariousjoythroughthestreets,withparrotspaintedallcolorsrecitingItalianarias,andahenwholaidahundredgoldeneggstothesoundofatambourine,andatrainedmonkeywhoreadminds,andthemulti-usemachinethatcouldbeusedatthesametimetosewonbuttonsandreducefevers,andtheapparatustomakeapersonforgethisbadmemories,andapoulticetolosetime,andathousandmoreinventionssoingeniousandunusualthat

           JoseArcadioBuendfamusthavewantedtoinventamemorymachinesothathecouldrememberthemall.Inaninstanttheytransformedthevillage.TheinhabitantsofMacondofoundthemselveslostistheirownstreets,confusedbythecrowdedfair.

           Holdingachildbyeachhandsoasnottolosetheminthetumult,bumpingintoacrobatswithgold-cappedteethandjugglerswithsixarms,suffocatedbythemingledbreathofmanureandsandalsthatthecrowdexhaled,JoseArcadioBuendfawentabouteverywherelikeamadman,lookingforMelqufadessothathecouldrevealtohimtheinfinitesecretsofthatfabulousnightmare.