Marquez, Gabriel No One Writes to the Colonel - Marquez, Gabriel

Anotace: Světová literatura v anglickém překladu - známá novela o plukovníkovi, který již několik let čeká na dopis, ve kterém by mu potvrdili nárok na důchod. On i jeho manželka jsou nemocní, nemají peníze na léky, musí obstarávat jídlo nejen pro sebe, ale ještě pro jejich kohouta. Neustále se hádají o to, zda prodat či neprodat kohouta... Popis: Fridays are different. Every other day of the week, the Colonel and his ailing wife fight a constant battle against poverty and monotony, scraping together the dregs of their savings for the food and medicine that keeps them alive. But on Fridays the postman comes - and that sets a fleeting wave of hope rushing through the General's ageing heart. For fifteen years he's watched the mail launch come into harbour, hoping he'll be handed an envelope containing the army pension promised to him all those years ago. Whilst he waits for the cheque, his hopes are pinned on his prize bird and the upcoming cockfighting season. But until then the bird - like the Colonel and his wife - must somehow be fed.