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Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor (ages 14+)

Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor (ages 14+)

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If you've never read Gabriel García Márquez because magical realism isn't your thing or you haven't connected with this author, The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor is the ideal book for you. You'll discover a very different side of this writer who dared to tell the truth and risked his budding career against corruption.

It's an entertaining story that captivates you from beginning to end. It's not a work of fiction; it's a thrilling and completely real chronicle of a man who faced two dangers: the fury of the ocean and the fury of a government. What would you do if you survived ten days at sea, without food or water? Upon your return, you're declared a hero, but there's a problem: the entire official story is a lie, and you're the only one who knows the truth.

Before magical realism, a young journalist named Gabriel García Márquez sat down to listen to the real shipwrecked sailor and dared to tell the story a dictatorship wanted to hide. If you're looking for a real adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat, this book is for you.

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Synopsis

In February 1955, eight members of the crew of the Colombian Navy destroyer A.R.C. Caldas fell into the sea. Only one survived: Luis Alejandro Velasco. After ten days adrift, he was received as a hero. The regime of dictator Rojas Pinilla used his story as propaganda, attributing the accident to a "storm." However, Velasco secretly sought out a young journalist to tell him the truth: there was no storm; the ship capsized due to the overweight of illegal contraband. The publication of the truth caused a monumental scandal that turned the hero into an outcast and forced García Márquez into exile.

About the Author

Gabriel García Márquez (Colombia, 1927 - Mexico, 2014) was one of the central figures of the "Latin American Boom." Although he initially studied law, he soon dedicated himself to journalism, an experience that nourished his style. In 1955 he published Leaf Storm, where Macondo, the mythical town of his masterpiece, One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967), which revolutionized Spanish literature, first appeared. In 1982, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Product Details

  • Pages: 165

  • Author: Gabriel García Márquez

  • Publisher: Penguin Random House

  • Binding: Paperback

  • Edition: 2025

  • ISBN: 9788439744313

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