The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor by Gabriel García Márquez

The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor

Gabriel García Márquez with Randolph Hogan (Translator)

128 pages first pub 1970 (editions)

nonfiction classics adventurous reflective fast-paced

Description

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, barel...

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Moods

adventurous 92%
tense 50%
inspiring 33%
informative 28%
emotional 23%
reflective 23%
challenging 21%
hopeful 21%
dark 16%
sad 9%
mysterious 2%
relaxing 2%

Pace

medium 50%
fast 34%
slow 15%

Average rating

3.57

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