About this title: Garcia Márquez writes about the kidnapping of several prominent Colombians by the kingpin of the Medellin cocaine cartel in 1990 and 1991, in an attempt to bargain his way out of being extradited to the United States for trial. Two of the hostages were killed. This is the original Spanish-language version of the text.
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Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Debolsillo
Date Published: 07/2003
ISBN-13:9789871138036ISBN:9871138032
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 156 p. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Debolsillo
Date Published: 07/2003
ISBN-13:9789871138036ISBN:9871138032
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 156 p. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Debolsillo
Date Published: 07/2003
ISBN-13:9789871138036ISBN:9871138032
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 156 p. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Debolsillo
Date Published: 07/2003
ISBN-13:9789871138036ISBN:9871138032
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 156 p. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Debolsillo
Date Published: 07/2003
ISBN-13:9789871138036ISBN:9871138032
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 156 p. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Debolsillo
Date Published: 07/2003
ISBN-13:9789871138036ISBN:9871138032
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 156 p. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Debolsillo
Date Published: 07/2003
ISBN-13:9789871138036ISBN:9871138032
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 156 p. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Debolsillo
Date Published: 07/2003
ISBN-13:9789871138036ISBN:9871138032
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 156 p. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Debolsillo
Date Published: 07/2003
ISBN-13:9789871138036ISBN:9871138032
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 156 p. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Debolsillo
Date Published: 07/2003
ISBN-13:9789871138036ISBN:9871138032
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 156 p. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Debolsillo
Date Published: 07/2003
ISBN-13:9789871138036ISBN:9871138032
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 156 p. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Debolsillo
Date Published: 07/2003
ISBN-13:9789871138036ISBN:9871138032
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 156 p. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Debolsillo
Date Published: 07/2003
ISBN-13:9789871138036ISBN:9871138032
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 156 p. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Debolsillo
Date Published: 07/2003
ISBN-13:9789871138036ISBN:9871138032
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 156 p. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Debolsillo
Date Published: 07/2003
ISBN-13:9789871138036ISBN:9871138032
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 156 p. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Debolsillo
Date Published: 07/2003
ISBN-13:9789871138036ISBN:9871138032
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 156 p. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Debolsillo
Date Published: 07/2003
ISBN-13:9789871138036ISBN:9871138032
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 156 p. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Debolsillo
Date Published: 07/2003
ISBN-13:9789871138036ISBN:9871138032
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 156 p. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Debolsillo
Date Published: 07/2003
ISBN-13:9789871138036ISBN:9871138032
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 156 p. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Debolsillo
Date Published: 07/2003
ISBN-13:9789871138036ISBN:9871138032
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 156 p. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Debolsillo
Date Published: 07/2003
ISBN-13:9789871138036ISBN:9871138032
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 156 p. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Debolsillo
Date Published: 07/2003
ISBN-13:9789871138036ISBN:9871138032
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 156 p. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Debolsillo
Date Published: 07/2003
ISBN-13:9789871138036ISBN:9871138032
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 156 p. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Debolsillo
Date Published: 07/2003
ISBN-13:9789871138036ISBN:9871138032
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 156 p. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Debolsillo
Date Published: 07/2003
ISBN-13:9789871138036ISBN:9871138032
Description: Fine Like New, Unread, not previously owned. May show signs of wear including remainder marks or stickers on book or cover. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 156 p. read more
"Diese Geschichte, die sich tatsächlich ereignet hat, ist schnell erzählt: Mann geht über Bord und treibt 10 Tage ohne Essen, Trinken und Werkzeuge auf einem Floß auf dem Meer bevor er das Festland erreicht. Sollte jemand einen Bericht à la Robinson Crusoe erwarten, wird er/sie enttäuscht. An tatsächlichen Ereignissen geschieht wenig bis nichts. Der Schiffbrüchige, dessen Bericht Marquez aufgezeichnet hat, schildert sachlich und detailliert sein Überleben auf dem Floß. Anschaulich wird dargestellt, wie selbst in Momenten der völligen Verzweiflung und Kraftlosigkeit sein Lebenswille wieder die Oberhand bekam. Beeindruckend!"
"Being a sucker for survival stories, I found this book fascinating. GG Marquez tells the tale with the grace and ease found in his non-fiction writing. The reader is taken through the Caribbean with the central character and can honestly feel his pain, suffering, hallucinations and the general hope and hopelessness that surrounds his situation. Well worth it. Short read."
"In February 1955, a destroyer of the Colombian Navy, the Caldas, was traveling through the Caribbean on its way back to Colombia. It had spent the previous six months in Mobile, Alabama for repairs. A couple of hours away from port, eight members of the crew were swept overboard (the official reason was because of a storm). As soon as the ship reached port, a diligent search was undertaken for the missing crewmen, which was called off four days later, without success. A week later, a man washed up on a beach in northern Colombia. His name was Luis Alejandro Velasco, a member of the Caldas crew. This is his story.
In the immediate aftermath of the incident, Velasco was the only one to reach a lifeboat. The current prevented him from reaching his shipmates, one of whom was just a few feet away, and he watched as they slipped under the water, never to return. He had no food or water, and with no land in sight, he had no idea in which direction he was traveling. In the first couple of days, he saw a search plane overhead, but it was too high to see him. As the days went on, his skin broke out in blisters, because of the constant exposure to the sun. Every day, at around 5 PM, he was visited by a group of sharks looking for dinner. He watched as they engaged in a feeding frenzy just a few feet away from him, whenever a school of fish got too close. He had started to hallucinate, so he wasn't sure if that was actually land he was seeing in front of him. The current was carrying him toward some cliffs, so he jumped out of the lifeboat, and managed to swim the last couple of kilometers to land.
Upon his rescue and recovery, he immediately became a national hero. He was kept away from the public, and allowed to speak only to pro-government journalists (at that time, Colombia was under a military government). He made a small fortune as a product endorser, and was enjoying his 15 minutes of fame. Weeks later, he walked into the offices of a national newspaper, where Marquez was a journalist, looking to tell the whole story (until then, only bits and pieces of the story were known). It ran as a 14-part series, and was a national sensation. Things got difficult for the government when it was revealed that a) the Caldas was carrying cargo, which b) so overloaded the ship that it was unable to turn around and go back to look for the missing crewmen, and c) the cargo was contraband (like stoves and refrigerators); all of which were absolutely illegal under Colombian law.
I really liked reading this true story. It's short and an interesting read, and it's a very good tale of human survival under horrendous conditions. Well worth it."
"Great book. Really suspenseful. True story. Told in first person. This guy spends 10 days trapped in a life boat, in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean by himself, without any real food or water, and you know he's gotta survive, because he's telling the tale, but it's incredible what he goes through. And all the time his watch kept working. I really like this genre; true tales of survival. I find them really inspirational. I've recently read "Alive" and "Land Of White Death", which are like that too. I'd recomend all three. It's funny though, the introduction doesn't get you excited about the rest of it though. I hate that. So many books have these kind of intros, where they give you a little bit of useful information for going to the rest of it, but they'll apologize for their supposed short comings, and critcize the rest of the book. Save it for the end. But, anyway, this book does do that, but the rest of it is awesome."
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