No One Writes to the Colonel, and Other Stories
- Author Gabriel García Márquez, Gabriel García Márquez, Wendy T. Behary, LCSW
- Narrator Armando Durán, Roxanne Hernandez, Marcelo Tubert, Thom Rivera, various
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 15 November 2013
- Run Time 5 hours and 46 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Fiction: general and literary, Short stories.
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What to expect
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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u201cGarcu00eda Mu00e1rquez creates an absolute jewel of a novella in No One Writes to the Colonel, a story that evokes the entire range of human emotions from misplaced hope to blackest cynicism.u201d
nu201cGarcu00eda Mu00e1rquezu2019s style is direct and matter-of-fact; in attitude, he naccepts these characters with the same inevitability as they accept the nheat and the rain.u201d
nu201c[These stories] are told in spare, unpretentious, but picturesque prose, compassionate of human frailty but also rich in wit and irony. The characters are all too human, alternately humorous and tragic.u201d
u201cThis collection of short stories is a listening treat that provides a kaleidoscopic view of Gabriel Garcia Mu00e1rquezu2019s fictional town of Macondo. Each of the four narrators is paired with specific stories, and their performances offer both variety and enthusiasm.u201d
| Author | Gabriel García Márquez, Gabriel García Márquez, Wendy T. Behary, LCSW |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Armando Durán, Roxanne Hernandez, Marcelo Tubert, Thom Rivera, various |
| Duration | 5 hours and 46 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781483086828 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Blackstone Publishing |
| Genre | Fiction: general and literary, Short stories |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE, US |
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