Gaston (husband of Amaranta Úrsula)

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Gaston (husband of Amaranta Úrsula) is a minor character in Gabriel García Márquez’s novel "One Hundred Years of Solitude," a foreign husband of Amaranta Úrsula who becomes briefly entwined with the final generations of the Buendía family.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn One Hundred Years of Solitude NERFINISHED
associatedTheme encounter between Europe and Latin America
globalization reaching Macondo
characterTrait ambitious
cosmopolitan
practical
connectionToPlace outsider in Macondo
countryOfWorkOrigin Colombia NERFINISHED
creator Gabriel García Márquez NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse Macondo universe NERFINISHED
firstAppearanceIn later chapters of One Hundred Years of Solitude
genreOfWorkAppearedIn magic realism
language French
maritalStatus married to Amaranta Úrsula Buendía NERFINISHED
medium novel
narrativeFunction contrast to the insular Buendía family
symbol of foreign modernity
nationality Belgian
occupation airline entrepreneur
aviator
plans to connect Macondo by air with the outside world
to establish an airmail line
relatedToFamily Buendía family NERFINISHED
relativeByMarriage Aureliano Babilonia NERFINISHED
residesIn Brussels NERFINISHED
roleInWork minor character
spouse Amaranta Úrsula Buendía NERFINISHED
spouseFamilyName Buendía NERFINISHED
timePeriodOfFiction final generations of the Buendía family
travelsTo Macondo NERFINISHED
workOriginalLanguage Spanish

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Buendía family hasMember Gaston (husband of Amaranta Úrsula)