No One Writes to the Colonel, and Other Stories

Summary

From the Nobel Prize–winning author of One Hundred Years of Solitude, a series of short stories told in “spare,unpretentious…picturesque prose” (LibraryJournal)

Written with compassionate realism and wit, the stories inthis mesmerizing collection depict the disparities of town and village life inSouth America, of the frightfully poor and outrageously rich, of memories andillusions, and of lost opportunities and present joys. Stories include “No OneWrites to the Colonel,” “Tuesday Siesta,” “One of These Days,” “There Are NoThieves in This Town,” “Balthazar’sMarvelous Afternoon,” “Montiel’s Widow,” “One Day after Saturday,” “ArtificialRoses,” and “Big Mama’s Funeral.”