This is a nice book with wonderful detailing which makes the reader visualize the story in front of him/her. No wonder Marquez was one of the most celebrated writers!

No One writes to the colonel is about the mundane life of old age. Old people are neglected by everyone in the town and the government. Though the colonel and his with are about to die starving and maladies he cannot sell the fighting roster of their dead son. They still hoping for government pension and a want to live another day against all odds.
"The colonel approached the desk. He examined the pill in the palm of his hand until Saba invited him to taste it.
'It's to sweeten coffee,' he e...

The book was delivered in good condition. Though not a great one to read, but enjoyed it. Nodoubtly an Ok novella for a passive reader, but for me it is just over charged.

It's a story of a retired colonel of the Spanish Army, who is now living a solitary life with his wife in a remote village waiting for his monthly pension, which never arrives, but none-the-less he still looks towards every Fridays with bated breath, the day the postman arrives. They are living an worse than hand-to-mouth existence, but still he wants to keep the pet rooster of his alive by whatever means, as the rooster has a fight to fight and how the colonel tries to keep the rooster alive...

Fantastic story telling.

Item as described, on time, great purchase, will buy again from this seller

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Painful truth of sad, helpless parent.. fighting not only with poor fate also their poor survival. Worth reading!!!