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The Characters of One Hundred Years of Solitude

Pietro Crespi

The gentle effeminate Italian musician is at the center of Amaranta and Rebeca's rivalry. When Rebeca abruptly chooses to marry her manly, adopted brother José Arcadio (II), Pietro's turns to Amaranta at last. The virginal Amaranta leads Pietro on only to reject him and Pietro commits suicide.