Yesterday was the birthday of Columbian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the author of One Hundred Years of Solitude, one of my favorite books. And 2007 brings the 40th anniversary of the publicaton of that book. [Link]
It is a beautiful, magical book, by a great writer. So feliz cumpleanos, Gabriel.
Metaphor 
Really? I didn't know there was more than one English translation. I just have the paperback I bought when the book as assigned in a class on modern novels at CSU Chico in 1986. It was translated by Gregory Rabassa.
Corewell
There are several translations in the library. Which one would yourecommend.