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" No One Writes to the Colonel" and Other Stories

"These stories are told in spare, unpretentious but picturesque prose, compassionate of human frailty, but also rich in wit and irony. The characters...more
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few weeks ago
My first introduction To Marquez and what a brilliant introduction. The title story is brilliant, unlike anything I'd ever read when I was 14 and still now (a few years down the line) it's just as brilliant. the other stories are very good but for my money it's all about the first story.
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few weeks ago
Good collection of short stories, Marquez is, as always, brilliant- his writing is beautiful yet understated. The title story was very good, and a few of the others really stuck with me (particularly the one about the birds dying), but by the end of the book I was finding them a bit repeptitive. Only so many political/class based short stories I can remain interested before I want to turn to...more
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few weeks ago
Its nice the story of an old couple
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few weeks ago
Wonderful story, witty and at the same time it plays with your emotion..
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few weeks ago
If any one just skim through the last page of this it´ll b enough for him to guess wht he missed!!!
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few weeks ago
"Ever since there's been censorship, the newspapers talk only about Europe" he said. " The best thing would be for the Europeans to come over here and for us to go Europe, that way everybody would know what's happening in his own country. "To the Europeans, South America is a man with a mustache, a guitar, and a gun." the doctor said, laughing over his newspaper, "...more
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  • ISBN-10: 0809590549
  • ISBN-13: 9780809590544
  • ISBN-10: 8401427568
  • ISBN-13: 9788401427565
  • ISBN-10: 8497592352
  • ISBN-13: 9788497592352
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