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Coronel no tiene quien le escriba is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez about an impoverished, retired colonel who waits 15 years for a promised pension that never arrives, symbolizing lost hope and dignity in post-civil war Colombia.The colonel lives with his asthmatic wife in poverty in the ficti...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | German |
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Berlin, Weimar :
Aufbau-Verlag,
1968.
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| Edition: | 1. Auflage. |
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| Summary: | Coronel no tiene quien le escriba is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez about an impoverished, retired colonel who waits 15 years for a promised pension that never arrives, symbolizing lost hope and dignity in post-civil war Colombia.The colonel lives with his asthmatic wife in poverty in the fictional town of Macondo, surviving on meager means, pinning their hopes on a fighting rooster left by their dead son, while facing poverty and the absurdity of their situation. Los funerales de la Mamá Grande is a satirical short story by Gabriel García Márquez, set in his mythical town of Macondo, that uses magical realism to critique Latin American political corruption and power structures through the extravagant funeral of the town's absolute ruler, Big Mama. |
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| Item Description: | Translation of: El coronel no tiene quien le escriba (Novella) and short stories La siesta del Martes, La prodigiosa tarde de Baltazar, Los funerales de la Mamá Grande. Short stories La siesta del Martes, La prodigiosa tarde de Baltazar, Los funerales de la Mamá Grande [and 5 others] originally published [mass market edition] in: Los funerales de la Mamá Grande: Buenos Aires : Editorial Sudamericana, 1967 [Rare edition of 2000 copies: Xalapa, Mexico: Universidad Veracruzana, 1962]. |
| Physical Description: | 181 pages ; 20 cm |