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Original Title:	El coronel no tiene quién le escriba
ISBN:	0060751576 (ISBN13: 9780060751579)
Edition Language:	English

No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories

Gabriel García Márquez

Paperback | Pages: 170 pages

Rating: 3.87 | 12523 Users | 334 Reviews

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No One Writes to the Colonel is a prototypical nothing-happens short story in which the reader is swept up in the gorgeous writing and is more than willing to overlook the nothingness.

It's the same kind of beautiful nothingness as the Grand Canyon. You walk up to the edge of this magnificent hole and marvel at the void and all its intricacies, the jagged edges, the visible layers of time, and the certainty that although all you see right now is inertia, you know that at one time something of great importance flowed through here.

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Title	:	No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories
Author	:	Gabriel García Márquez
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 170 pages
Published	:	February 1st 2005 by Harper Perennial (first published 1961)
Categories	:	Fiction. Short Stories. Magical Realism. Classics. Cultural. Latin American

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Ratings: 3.87 From 12523 Users | 334 Reviews

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I find this book very interesting. For one, it taught me what I like and don't like about short stories. I'm not a huge short story fan, but I have found several authors whose stories I love (Fitzgerald, Hemingway, O'Connor...). What I don't like about stories is when they don't have a full plot and end abruptly without any real resolution or purpose other than presenting a snapshot of life. Those sorts of episodes belong in novels. I love stories that are fully plotted. They might not have a

I listen to this book in the audible format. I have read some of the reviews of others here on Goodreads and recommend that you do likewise. It seems that this author has a lot to say but I have to admit that I must've missed it. This is the story about poverty and hope. The old couple is still waiting for the man's pension after 15 years. He fought for his country and now has been forgotten. Poverty and the battle against it is a main focus in my intellectual and political life.

Unlike many other Garcia Marquez works, the novel mostly does not fall within the magic realism genre, as it includes only one magical event.The main characters of the novel are not named, adding to the feeling of insignificance of an individual living in Colombia. The colonel and his wife, who have lost their son to political repression, are struggling with poverty and financial instability. The corruption of the local and national officials is evident and this is a topic which Garcia Marquez

Sharper stories then you might think, since GGM is mostly known for his epics and sprawling narratives.You do get a sense that he's sort of warming up for the bigger stuff gestating in his subconscious. The writing, though excellent, seems a little bit pinched, as in cramped by limitations of form. Not too noticeably but still since you know the reputations of what's yet to come (I haven't read his huge works yet, just give me time!) you get a feeling that he's hampered by the condensed quality

I actually encountered El coronel no tiene quien le escriba at the age of 18 as part of my Spanish studies in high school. After studying Crónica de una muerte anunciada (Chronicle of a Death Foretold) the year before, I thought that this was a waste of my time and absolutely hated this book because Chronicle of a Death Foretold was a sublime read and to me, at that time, No One Writes to the Colonel seemed like a bore. However, having read it a few more times before entering university to do my

Oh, such wonderful review, expressing exactly the magic of Marquez' writing! Not only stories but whole worlds interconnected into one universe ♡

Excellent short stories by the magical realism master himself. One of the best things about Marquez' stories is his ability to capture the essence of reality through abstraction. This book is a series of wonderful stories that everyone should read.