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Plot summary. The novella is the story of an impoverished retired colonel, a veteran of the Thousand Days' War, who still hopes to receive the pension he was promised some fifteen years earlier. The colonel lives with his asthmatic wife in a small village under martial law.
- Gabriel García Márquez, J. S. Bernstein
- El coronel no tiene quien le escriba
- 1961
- 1961
Sep 5, 2023 · A novella by Gabriel García Márquez about an elderly colonel and his wife in Colombia who face financial and social challenges under martial law. The colonel collects his mail, collects his rooster, and waits for his pension check, while his son, Agustin, is a political activist who is presumed dead.
Sep 26, 2020 · A literary analysis of the short story by Gabriel García Márquez that depicts a corrupt town and its institutions, a political crisis, and a waiting old colonel. The story explores the themes of war, solitude, and the individual against the government, and the role of the rooster as a symbol of the colonel's life and death.
Feb 1, 2005 · 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. Print length. 170 pages. Language. English.
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- Gabriel García Márquez, J. S. Bernstein
- $12.99
- Harper Perennial
A collection of short stories by Gabriel García Márquez set in Colombia during political turmoil and violence. The novella title story follows a retired colonel who waits for his pension checks, while other stories explore themes of poverty, pride, and corruption.
by Gabriel García Márquez. Analysis. PDF Cite Share. Tyler Larue. | Certified Educator. Last Updated September 5, 2023. The story starts with the colonel looking at a jar of coffee. He finds only...
March 6, 1927, Aracataca, Colombia. Died: April 17, 2014, Mexico City, Mexico (aged 87) Awards And Honors: Nobel Prize (1982) Notable Works: “Love in the Time of Cholera” “Memories of My Melancholy Whores” “News of a Kidnapping” “No One Writes to the Colonel” “One Hundred Years of Solitude” “The Leaf Storm” (Show more)
