About the Book
From the Nobel Prize-winning author of One Hundred Years of Solitude, a series of short stories told in spare, unpretentious...picturesque prose (Library Journal)
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. Stories include No One Writes to the Colonel, Tuesday Siesta, One of These Days, There Are No Thieves in This Town, Balthazar's Marvelous Afternoon, Montiel's Widow, One Day after Saturday, Artificial Roses, and Big Mama's Funeral.
About the Author :
Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014), nacido en Colombia, fue una de las figuras más importantes e influyentes de la literatura universal. Ganador del Premio Nobel de Literatura, fue además cuentista, ensayista, crítico cinematográfico, autor de guiones y, sobre todo, intelectual comprometido con los grandes problemas de nuestro tiempo, en primer término con los que afectaban a su amada Colombia y a Hispanoamérica en general. Máxima figura del realismo mágico, fue en definitiva el hacedor de uno de los mundos narrativos más densos de significados que ha dado la lengua española en el siglo veinte. Entre sus obras más importantes se encuentran las novelas Cien años de soledad, El coronel no tiene quien le escriba, Crónica de una muerte anunciada, La mala hora, El general en su laberinto, El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Memoria de mis putas tristes, el libro de relatos Doce cuentos peregrinos, la primera parte de su autobiografía, Vivir para contarla, y sus discursos reunidos, Yo no vengo a decir un discurso.
Wendy T. Behary, LCSW, is founder and clinical director of the Cognitive Therapy Center of New Jersey and a faculty member at the Cognitive Therapy Center and Schema Therapy Institute of New York. She is also a founding fellow of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy. Wendy maintains a private practice, specializing in narcissism and couples therapy. Armando Duran has appeared in films, television, and regional theaters throughout the West Coast. For the last decade he has been a member of the resident acting company at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. In 2009 he was named by AudioFile as Best Voice in Biography and History for his narration of Che Guevara. A native Californian, he divides his time between Los Angeles and Ashland, Oregon.
Roxanne Hernandez has worked as a voice artist since the early 1990s. Recording in both English and Spanish, her works include Beacon Street Girls Special Adventure by Annie Bryant, Hell or High Water by Joy Castro, Slackonomics by Lisa Chamberlain, and Naomi and Ely's No Kiss List by Rachel Cohn. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and their twins. Marcelo Tubert, an incredibly versatile actor, is known for his ability to change character and dialect, in both comedy and drama, with ease. His four decades career includes work in all mediums. Born in Argentina, Marcelo moved with his family to Southern California at the age of seven. A devoted family man, Marcelo and his wife Lori, a writer/director/producer, have two daughters, Emily and Sarah. Marcelo's passions include fly fishing and cooking, which he shares with his daughters.
Thom Rivera is an actor, writer, and voice actor whose narrations include Memories of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Review :
"[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"
"A rare combination of grace and vibrancy. Every scene, every gesture, sings life and denies death...He is an absolute master."
-- "New York Times"
"García Márquez creates an absolute jewel of a novella in No One Writes to the Colonel, a story that evokes the entire range of human emotions from misplaced hope to blackest cynicism."
-- "Oprah.com"
"García Márquez's style is direct and matter-of-fact; in attitude, he accepts these characters with the same inevitability as they accept the heat and the rain."
-- "Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"
