The Characters of One Hundred Years of Solitude
Melquíades
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One of the gypsies who returns periodically to Macondo, bringing scientific marvels (such as magnets, magnifying glasses, and alchemy) and befriending the Buendía clan. Generations of Buendías try to decipher his prophecies and talk to him in the workroom José Arcadio builds on the back of the house, long after he is dead.
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