No One Writes to the Colonel, and Other Stories (CD-Audio)

from krizia_lazaro

The problem I have with short stories are they're short. I'm still warming up to it, dipping my toes into the story then it was finished. I do not get to love them as much as I would love if it was a full length novel. This novella/short story was actually pretty good. It was heartbreaking. Nothi...

from EadieB

Marquez considered No One Writes to the Colonel as his best book, saying that he had to write One Hundred Years of Solitude so that people would read No One Writes to the Colonel. The story is about an impoverished, retired colonel, a veteran of the Thousand Days' War, who still hopes to receive ...

from FPdC

A short story based on a real situation lived by the author's grandfather. The wretched existence of an old man clinging to life on the hope of receiving the promised government's pension.

from P1g5purt

This collection of short stories, like a lot of Garcia-Marquez's work is set in the fictional town of Macondo. The Colonel, a retired veteran of the Thousand Days War, is waiting for his pension. He's been waiting for 15 years. Every Friday he walks to the dock to await the arrival of the post bo...

from P1g5purt

This collection of short stories, like a lot of Garcia-Marquez's work is set in the fictional town of Macondo. The Colonel, a retired veteran of the Thousand Days War, is waiting for his pension. He's been waiting for 15 years. Every Friday he walks to the dock to await the arrival of the post bo...