El coronel no tiene quien le escriba.

Barcelona, Spain Ediciones Orbis , 1982. Hardcover First Edition Thus (1982); unstated. First published in 1955. Very Near Fine: shows the expected light tanning to the text pages due to aging; else flawless; the binding is square and secure; the text is clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of any underlining, hi-lighting or marginalia or marks in the text. Free of ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, or labels. A handsome, nearly-new copy; structurally sound and tightly bound, showing a minor cosmetic imperfection only. Very close to "As New". No DJ as issued. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (8 x 5 x 0.9 inches) 154 pages. Language: Spanish. Weight: 10 ounces. Deep blue boards with gilt titles and designs at the front panel and backstrip. Author's signature gilt-embossed at the front panel. Very attractive designs. The text is large print. First Edition Thus (1982); unstated. First published in 1957. Hardback: Lacks a DJ, but probably never had one. Gabriel García Márquez (1927 – 2014) was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter, and journalist. Considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century, he was awarded the 1972 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature. He pursued a self-directed education that resulted in leaving law school for a career in journalism. From early on he showed no inhibitions in his criticism of Colombian and foreign politics. His works have achieved significant critical acclaim and widespread commercial success, most notably for popularizing a literary style known as magic realism, which uses magical elements and events in otherwise ordinary and realistic situations. Some of his works are set in the fictional village of Macondo (mainly inspired by his birthplace, Aracataca), and most of them explore the theme of solitude. Upon García Márquez's death in April 2014, Juan Manuel Santos, the president of Colombia, called him "the greatest Colombian who ever lived. LIn this story, tragic-comic in style, the unnamed main character, whom you may never forget, an 80 year old colonel, refuses to see past his ego and pride. He lives in the memory of his revolutionary days, where he was a big shot, who "broke his back to save the republic." But now, after 15 years of waiting for a pension yet to come, he is still waiting, going to the post-master every Friday in vain. All of his military peers had died without ever receiving it. His wife, an asthma sufferer, begs him to sell the fighting rooster for money, since they are flat broke and go to bed oftentimes without eating. He, however, refuses to beg his friends, since his ego wants to maintain a strong image of himself. The false hopes of his pride and the refusal to give up the memories of his revolutionary days disillusion him from reality. The rooster is a symbol of his undying pride. Even at the brink of starvation, his wife calls him "willful, stubborn and inconsiderate." He nearly comes to his senses of selling the cock, until his pride chimes in with a sort of bottomless sweetness: "The rooster is not for sale."