The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

ISBN 10: 067972205X / ISBN 13: 9780679722052

Published by Vintage, 1989

Very Good. Seller Inventory # 00082465004

Synopsis:

 In 1955, Garcia Marquez was working for El Espectador, a newspaper in Bogota, when in February of that year eight crew members of the Caldas, a Colombian destroyer, were washed overboard and disappeared. Ten days later one of them turned up, barely alive, on a deserted beach in northern Colombia. This book, which originally appeared as a series of newspaper articles, is Garcia Marquez's account of that sailor's ordeal.

Translated by Randolf Hogan.

From the Inside Flap: Translated by Randolph Hogan. In 1955, Garcia Marquez was working for El Espectador, a newspaper in Bogota, when in February of that year eight crew members of the Caldas, a Colombian destroyer, were washed overboard and disappeared. Ten days later one of them turned up, barely alive, on a deserted beach in northern Colombia. This book, which originally appeared as a series of newspaper articles, is Garcia Marquez's account of that sailor's ordeal.

"A luminous narrative that rivals the most remarkable stories of man's struggles against the sea."--Philadelphia Inquirer

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor
Publisher: Vintage
Publication Date: 1989
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good