No One Writes to the Colonel: and Other Stories

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Harper Collins, Feb 1, 2005 - Fiction - 192 pages

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.

About the author

Gabriel GarcÍa MÁrquez was born in Colombia in 1927. His many books include The Autumn of the Patriarch; No One Writes to the Colonel; Love in the Time of Cholera; a memoir, Living to Tell the Tale; and, most recently, a novel, Memories of My Melancholy Whores. Gabriel GarcÍa MÁrquez was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982.

Bibliographic information

• Title: No One Writes to the Colonel: and Other Stories; Perennial Classics
• Author: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: Harper Collins, 2005
• ISBN: 0060751576, 9780060751579
• Length: 192 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Literary