No One Writes to the Colonel (1957) [Novel]
by Gabriel García Márquez
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Summary
(From the publisher):
In a decaying Colombian town the Colonel and his ailing wife are living a hand-to-mouth existence, scraping together the money for food and medicine. The Colonel's hopes for a better future lie with his rooster, which for him, and the whole town, has become a symbol of defiance.
Original title: El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba
Original languages:
Spanish
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Genre: Fiction→ General Fiction→ Rural & Small Town Life
Fiction→ General Fiction→ Literary Fiction/classics
This work is a subwork of the following works :
No One Writes to the Colonel and Other Stories (1968) [Collection]
Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Collected Novellas (1990) [Collection]
Author: Gabriel García Márquez
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