No One Writes to the Colonel, and Other Stories
By Gabriel García Márquez
Translated by J. S. Bernstein
Read by Armando Durán , Roxanne Hernandez , Marcelo Tubert , and Thom Rivera
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From the Nobel Prize–winning author of One Hundred Years of Solitude, a series of short stories told in "spare, unpretentious…picturesque prose" (Library Journal) Written with compassionate realism and wit, the stories in this mesmerizing collection depict the disparities of town and village life in South America, of the frightfully poor and outrageously rich, of memories and illusions, and of lost opportunities and present joys. Stories include "No One Writes to the Colonel," "Tuesday Siesta," "One of These Days," "There Are No Thieves in This Town," "Balthazar's Marvelous Afternoon," "Montiel's Widow," "One Day after Saturday," "Artificial Roses," and "Big Mama's Funeral."
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Summary
Summary
From the Nobel Prize–winning author of One Hundred Years of Solitude, a series of short stories told in "spare, unpretentious…picturesque prose" (Library Journal)
Written with compassionate realism and wit, the stories in this mesmerizing collection depict the disparities of town and village life in South America, of the frightfully poor and outrageously rich, of memories and illusions, and of lost opportunities and present joys. Stories include "No One Writes to the Colonel," "Tuesday Siesta," "One of These Days," "There Are No Thieves in This Town," "Balthazar's Marvelous Afternoon," "Montiel's Widow," "One Day after Saturday," "Artificial Roses," and "Big Mama's Funeral."
Editorial Reviews
Editorial Reviews
Reviews
Reviews
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Viva Gabo!
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Although some of the stories in this collection seem to be vignettes at best, they share a common thread of characters and themes that run throughout. It is interesting to see perspectives change from story to story in this fictional Marquez town. It’s fun to see characters from other stories make appearances/cameos, sometimes without being named. I do note that Marquez has an affinity for certain things, most notably “patent leather shoes” and “the shade of an almond tree.” Also, all his stories had some presence of an animal, usually alive or dead but seldom both, leading me to wonder about the significance of their appearances.
There are so many things to talk about with this collection of short stories, but reviews have a limited word count. I appreciate that this audiobook uses multiple narrators, lending a diversity of voices to a collection of stories featuring diverse characters.
Author
Author Bio: Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) was an author, journalist, and pioneer of the Latin American boom. Among his many books are The Autumn of the Patriarch, No One Writes to the Colonel, Love in the Time of Cholera, Living to Tell the Tale, Memories of My Melancholy Whores, and of course the classic One Hundred Years of Solitude. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.
Details
Details
| Available Formats : | Digital Download, Digital Rental, CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Fiction |
| Runtime: | 5.77 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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