by Gabriel García Márquez · Alfaguara · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420421216
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«El coronel no tiene quien le escriba» is the short novel by Gabriel García Márquez, published by Alfaguara in paperback (118 pages, in Spanish).
A retired colonel waits every week by the port for a letter that recognizes his years of service and grants him his pension. While he waits, he and his wife live in poverty; the fighting cock they raise becomes an emblem of their hope and dignity.
The novel was originally published in 1961 and is the second by Gabriel García Márquez, after La hojarasca.
For readers of Latin American literature and classics by Nobel Prize in Literature winner Gabriel García Márquez.
Gabriel José García Márquez was a Colombian writer and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo or Gabito throughout Latin America. Considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century, particularly in the Spanish language, he was awarded the 1972 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature. He pursued a self-directed education that resulted in leaving law school for a career in journalism. From early on he showed no inhibitions in his criticism of Colombian and foreign politics. In 1958, he married Mercedes Barcha Pardo; they had two sons, Rodrigo and Gonzalo.
