Nobody writes to the colonel

Name: Nobody writes to the colonel
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Autor: Gabriel García Márquez

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Sinopse

One of García Márquez's most famous books and one of the most captivating characters in 20th-century Spanish-American literature.

While waiting for his pension payment in the mail, a retired colonel struggles to survive in a hostile small town. At his side are only his asthmatic wife and a fighting rooster that belonged to his late son. The mail always arrives once a week, on Fridays, but his pension doesn't, lost in bureaucratic red tape. "Nobody writes to the colonel," the mailman says dismissively. Despite its simple plot, "Nobody Writes to the Colonel" is filled with irony and subtle commentary on his country's history and politics.

García Márquez's second work, "Nobody Writes to the Colonel," was written in 1957 in Paris. At the time, 29 and working as a correspondent for a Colombian newspaper, the writer was suffering from depression caused by a deep nostalgia for his native Colombia, compounded by serious financial difficulties. He intended to study film in the French capital, but the newspaper he worked for was shut down by the Colombian authorities.

García Márquez wrote three versions of this short novel, which was rejected by several publishers before finally being published in 1961. This period of maturation refined the author's precise style in this humanistic tale, which satirizes the tortuous bureaucracy of Latin American countries.

One of the hundred best Spanish-language soap operas of the 20th century, according to the Spanish newspaper El Mundo .

ISBN	978-850-101-655-3
Tradutor	Danúbio Rodrigues
Altura	210 mm
Largura	135 mm
Profundidade	7 mm
Lançamento	01/04/1980
Páginas	96

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Sobre o autor

Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014), também conhecido como Gabo, nasceu na aldeia de Aracataca nas imediações de Barranquilla, Colômbia. Começou seu trabalho de jornalista em 1949, atuando em diversos jornais e cidades, inclusive como correspondente internacional em Nova York para o jornal El Espectador. Posteriormente, sua obra jornalística foi compilada e publicada em 5 volumes. Mas foi na ficção que alcançou reconhecimento internacional, sendo autor de alguns dos maiores romances do século XX e considerado mestre do realismo mágico latino-americano. Em 1982, recebeu o Prêmio Nobel de Literatura pelo conjunto de sua obra. Entre suas principais obras estão Cem anos de solidão, O amor nos tempos de cólera, Crônica de uma morte anunciada, Notícia de um sequestro e Memória de minhas putas tristes.