《百年孤独》是哥伦比亚作家加西亚·马尔克斯的代表作，其开头原文（西班牙语及常见英文翻译版本）如下：
西班牙语原文: "Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice."
英文翻译版本（常见之一）: "Many years later, as he faced the firing squad, Colonel Aureliano Buendía would remember that remote afternoon when his father took him to discover ice."
这段文字大致的意思是：“许多年之后，面对行刑队，奥雷里亚诺·布恩迪亚上校将会回想起，他父亲带他去见识冰块的那个遥远的下午。” 这段经典的开篇语以其魔幻现实主义的风格和对时间循环、家族命运的暗示而著称。
