Collected Stories
Who is Big Mama from Collected Stories and what is their importance?
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Big Mama is the matriarch of most of the Republic of Macondo, a fictional district set in a South American jungle near the sea. She owns most of the land within the republic, and thousands of resident tenant farmers provide her with large sums of rent.