Gabriel Garcia Marquez
No One Writes to the Colonel
- ISBN 13:
- 9780241968734
- author:
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Penguin
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2014
- Pages:
- 80
- Dimensions:
- 12.9 x 0.5 x 19.8 cm
- Genre:
- Fiction, Contemporary Fiction,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 4 working days
Description
No One Writes to the Colonel by Gabriel García Márquez is a powerful and moving novel about poverty and hope. In this lyrical tale, the author explores the daily struggles of a man and his wife as they fight to survive.
On Fridays, their lives are transformed by the arrival of the postman, bringing with it a fleeting sense of hope and possibility. For fifteen years, the Colonel has waited for an army pension that never seems to arrive, and he finds solace in the upcoming cockfighting season and his prize bird.
Márquez's writing is masterful, weaving a narrative that is both deeply personal and universally relatable. This is a story about the human spirit, its capacity for hope and resilience in the face of adversity.
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