The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor Who Drifted on a Life Raft for Ten Days Without Food Or Water, was Proclaimed a National Hero, Kissed by Beauty Queens, Made Rich Through Publicity, and Then Spurned by the Government and Forgotten for All Time

Name: The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor Who Drifted on a Life Raft for Ten Days Without Food Or Water, was Proclaimed a National Hero, Kissed by Beauty Queens, Made Rich Through Publicity, and Then Spurned by the Government and Forgotten for All Time
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Overview

This is Marquez's account of a real-life event. In 1955, eight crew members of the destroyer Caldas, were swept into the Caribbean Sea. The sole survivor, Luis Alejandro Belasco, told the true version of the events to Marquez, causing great scandal at the time.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780140157550
ISBN-10:	0140157557
Publisher:	Penguin Books
Publication date:	1996
Edition description:	New Ed edition
Pages:	106
Product dimensions:	Height: 7.83463 Inches, Length: 5.31495 Inches, Weight: 0.21605301676 Pounds, Width: 0.35433 Inches
Author:	Gabriel García Márquez
Language:	en
Binding:	Paperback