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No One Writes to the Colonel | Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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Friday's are different. Every other day of the week, the Colonel and his ailing wife fight a constant battle against poverty and monotony, scraping together the dregs of their savings for the food and medicine that keeps them alive. But on Fridays the postman comes - and that sets a fleeting wave of hope rushing through the Colonel's ageing heart. For fifteen years he's watched the mail launch come into harbour, hoping he'll be handed an envelope containing the army pension promised to him all those years ago. Whilst he waits for the cheque, his hopes are pinned on his prize bird and the upcoming cockfighting season. But until then the bird - like the Colonel and his wife - must somehow be fed...

Daisey

No One Writes to the Colonel | Gabriel Garcia Marquez

so-so

I‘ve had this novella on my TBR all year and finally got around to reading it this evening. It‘s a sad story of stubborn determination, and it doesn‘t have the magical realism of the other Gabriel Garcia Marquez stories I‘ve read. With this one, I‘ve finished all of his books on the #1001books list.

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No One Writes to the Colonel | Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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I enjoyed this novella... Gabriel García Márquez has a way of writing sparsely but beautifully, and No One Writes to the Colonel is a perfect example of that. Nothing much happens, but I was still very invested in the story. I sort of missed the magical realism of his other works.

I did not listen to the other stories included, as I‘m not a big fan of short stories. ??‍♀️

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BarbaraBB Such a sad read! 5y

CaroPi You should really give a try to his short stories. I tend to like them more than his novels. Some of them I remember them by heart. 5y

cobwebmoth I received your LMPBC book today!❤ 5y

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