by Gabriel García Márquez · tapa blanda · ISBN 8410018013350
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No One Writes to the Colonel is a novella by Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez, published in 1961. The story follows an elderly, impoverished colonel who lives with his wife in a small coastal town in Colombia. The colonel patiently awaits the arrival of his pension, which never comes, as he struggles against the bureaucracy and corruption of the government. The novella explores themes such as hope, dignity, poverty, and social injustice, and is considered one of García Márquez's most important works.
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.
