by Gabriel García Márquez · Bruguera · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788402076083
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«El coronel no tiene quien le escriba» is the short novel by Gabriel García Márquez, published by Bruguera in paperback (144 pages, in Spanish).
In a Colombian village, a retired colonel and his wife live on scarce resources while waiting, year after year, for a pension that never arrives. Their only possession of value is a fighting cock, and the waiting becomes the centre of a story about poverty, dignity and resistance.
Volume of Bruguera's Libro Amigo collection (no. 760). The work was originally published in 1961.
For readers of Latin American fiction seeking a brief classic by 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.
