Álvaro Santana-Acuña is an associate professor of sociology at Whitman College.

Ascent to Glory is an original and important book. It's very well written, theoretically complex, and advances a compelling explanation of the processes through which Cien Años de Soledad achieved the status of a classic. Alvaro Santana Acuña is going to be a well-known and respected scholar in cultural sociology for years to come.

• IntroductionPart I. From the Idea to the Book1. Imagining a Work of Art2. The Publishing Industry Modernizes3. A Novel in Search of an Author4. Networked Creativity and the Making of a Work of ArtPart II. Becoming a Global Classic5. Controversy, Conflict, Collapse6. A Novel Without Borders7. Indexing a Classic8. Ascent to Glory for Few, Descent to Oblivion for MostConclusionAppendix: Why and How to Study Classics?AcknowledgmentsNotesReferencesIndex

Álvaro Santana-Acuña is an associate professor of sociology at Whitman College.

Ascent to Glory is an original and important book. It's very well written, theoretically complex, and advances a compelling explanation of the processes through which Cien Años de Soledad achieved the status of a classic. Alvaro Santana Acuña is going to be a well-known and respected scholar in cultural sociology for years to come.

• IntroductionPart I. From the Idea to the Book1. Imagining a Work of Art2. The Publishing Industry Modernizes3. A Novel in Search of an Author4. Networked Creativity and the Making of a Work of ArtPart II. Becoming a Global Classic5. Controversy, Conflict, Collapse6. A Novel Without Borders7. Indexing a Classic8. Ascent to Glory for Few, Descent to Oblivion for MostConclusionAppendix: Why and How to Study Classics?AcknowledgmentsNotesReferencesIndex

Álvaro Santana-Acuña is an associate professor of sociology at Whitman College.

Ascent to Glory is an original and important book. It's very well written, theoretically complex, and advances a compelling explanation of the processes through which Cien Años de Soledad achieved the status of a classic. Alvaro Santana Acuña is going to be a well-known and respected scholar in cultural sociology for years to come.

• IntroductionPart I. From the Idea to the Book1. Imagining a Work of Art2. The Publishing Industry Modernizes3. A Novel in Search of an Author4. Networked Creativity and the Making of a Work of ArtPart II. Becoming a Global Classic5. Controversy, Conflict, Collapse6. A Novel Without Borders7. Indexing a Classic8. Ascent to Glory for Few, Descent to Oblivion for MostConclusionAppendix: Why and How to Study Classics?AcknowledgmentsNotesReferencesIndex