No One Writes to the Colonel
$21.39
- Paperback
80 pages
- Release Date
3 April 2024
Summary
Fridays are different. Every other day of the week, the Colonel and his ailing wife fight a constant battle against poverty. But on Fridays the postman comes and he hopes he’ll be handed an envelope containing the army pension promised to him. Whilst he waits, his hopes are pinned on his prize bird and the upcoming cockfighting season. Until then, the bird - like the Colonel and his wife - must somehow be fed…
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241968734 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241968739 |
| Author: | Gabriel García Márquez |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 80 |
| Release Date: | 3 April 2024 |
| Weight: | 60g |
| Dimensions: | 194mm x 126mm x 10mm |
| Series: | Marquez 2014 |
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About The Author
Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1927-2014) was a short-story writer, novelist, journalist and a screenwriter from Colombia. He was a reporter for a Colombian newspaper, El Espectador, and also a foreign correspondent stationed in New York, Rome, Paris and Barcelona. Marquez is the author of numerous popular novels and short stories. He is well known for his unique literary style known as magical realism, in which he describes reality through magical events and elements. His most popular novels include Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982.
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