by Gabriel García Márquez · DEBOLSILLO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788497592352
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«El coronel no tiene quien le escriba» is the novel by Gabriel García Márquez, published by Debolsillo in paperback (104 pages, in Spanish).
An old retired colonel waits every Friday at the port for the official letter that recognises his military service and grants him the promised pension, while the administration remains silent. The story portrays the poverty and dignity of the colonel and his wife, sustained by the hope that the letter will arrive. Written during the author's Parisian exile and rejected by several publishers before publication, it is considered his second novel and one of his most refined works.
Originally published in 1961, this edition from the Contemporánea collection came out in 2003. The author, a Colombian, received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982.
Reading for those who want to approach one of the most celebrated works of Latin American magical realism, common in educational settings.
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.
