by Gabriel García Márquez · Bibliotex Tapa dura · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788481302585
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«El coronel no tiene quien le escriba» is the short novel by Gabriel García Márquez published by Bibliotex/El Mundo in 2001 (96 pages, in Spanish).
A retired colonel and his wife wait in a coastal town in Colombia for the pension they have been expecting for fifteen years. Every Friday, the colonel goes down to the port to collect the mail, while the couple maintains their dignity amid poverty. The novel speaks of waiting, injustice and perseverance.
Edition from the collection The 100 Best Novels in Spanish of the 20th Century, no. 10, with a prologue by José Manuel Caballero Bonald. The work was originally published in 1961.
For readers of Latin American fiction and 20th-century classics, especially those interested in 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.
