Beginning with a character in front of a firing squad recalling the day his father took him to see ice for the first time, it ends with the destruction of the town of Macondo.  
One character in this work is constantly followed around by butterflies and another was tied to a chestnut tree in a backyard.  Other interesting events include a rain of yellow flowers and a child born with a pig tail.  That child was the result of a dalliance between Amaranta Ursula and Aureliano.  Beginning with a character in front of a firing squad recalling the day his father took him to see ice for the first time, it ends with the destruction of the town of Macondo.  For ten points, name this history of the Buendias, the work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
One character in this work is constantly followed around by butterflies and another was tied to a chestnut tree in a backyard.  
One {Hundred Years} of {Solitude} (accept {Cien años} de {soledad})