Power engulfs people with solitude, and sometimes curses them with loneliness. This can happen to leaders anywhere, but only one novel has managed to depict it: One Hundred Years of Solitude, Gabriel Garcia Marquez's famous work.

Let's reread Marquez's description of Colonel Auerliano Buenda's life after his power becomes even greater.

"The same night that his authority was recognized by all the rebel commands, he woke up in a fright, calling for a