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 are all too human, alternately humorous and tragic."-- Library Journal
"These stories are told in spare, unpretentious but picturesque prose, compassionate of human frailty, but also rich in wit and irony. The characters are all too human, alternately humorous and tragic."-- Library Journal
show less
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060907006 (0060907002)
Publish date: August 25th 1979
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 170
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
European Literature,
Cultural,
20th Century,
Magical Realism,
Short Stories,
Spanish Literature,
Latin American
C'était un homme de petite taille, volumineux mais aux chairs flasques, avec une tristesse de crapaud dans les yeux.Au bureau de poste, il alla droit vers l'employé.- J'attends un pli urgent, dit-il. Par avion.L'employé chercha dans les casiers étiquetés. Quand il eut fini de déchiffrer les adresses...
"NO ONE WRITES TO THE COLONEL AND OTHER STORIES" is made up of 10 short stories, each more fantastic than the one that preceded it. Of the 10, my favorite was 'No One Writes to the Colonel' which provides the reader various glimpses into the lives of a colonel from Colombia's Thousand Day War (1899-...
Log in with Facebook 
