No One Writes to the Colonel

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literary work novella

No One Writes to the Colonel is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez that portrays an aging, impoverished colonel’s quiet hope and dignity as he waits in vain for a long-promised government pension.

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Label	Occurrences
No One Writes to the Colonel canonical	5
El coronel no tiene quien le escriba	1
No One Writes to the Colonel (1999 film)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	literary work ⓘ novella ⓘ
adaptationMedium	film ⓘ
author	Gabriel García Márquez ⓘ
centralTheme	bureaucracy ⓘ dignity ⓘ hope ⓘ political neglect ⓘ poverty ⓘ
characterOccupation	retired colonel ⓘ
containsSymbol	the rooster as a symbol of hope and resistance ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Colombia ⓘ
firstPublicationLanguage	Spanish ⓘ
genre	fiction ⓘ social realism ⓘ
hasAdaptation	No One Writes to the Colonel self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: No One Writes to the Colonel (1999 film)
hasEnding	open-ended and ambiguous ⓘ
hasSubject	government pensions ⓘ rural life in Colombia ⓘ veterans ⓘ
hasTranslation	English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ Portuguese ⓘ
literaryMovement	Latin American Boom ⓘ magic realism ⓘ
literarySignificance	considered one of Gabriel García Márquez’s major shorter works ⓘ
mainCharacter	the colonel ⓘ the colonel’s wife ⓘ
motif	the fighting rooster ⓘ waiting for a letter ⓘ
narrativeStyle	third-person narration ⓘ
narrativeTone	melancholic ⓘ restrained ⓘ
notableAspect	critique of governmental indifference ⓘ focus on everyday hardship rather than grand events ⓘ minimalist, economical prose style ⓘ
originalLanguage	Spanish ⓘ
originalTitle	No One Writes to the Colonel self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: El coronel no tiene quien le escriba
partOf	Latin American literature canon ⓘ
plotSummary	An aging colonel waits for a government pension that never arrives while clinging to hope and dignity. ⓘ
publisherOfFirstEdition	Editorial Sudamericana ⓘ
settingPeriod	post–La Violencia era in Colombia ⓘ
settingPlace	small Colombian town ⓘ
targetAudience	adult readers ⓘ
timeSpanOfStory	several months ⓘ

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Gabriel García Márquez → notableWork → No One Writes to the Colonel ⓘ

No One Writes to the Colonel → originalTitle → No One Writes to the Colonel self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: El coronel no tiene quien le escriba

No One Writes to the Colonel → hasAdaptation → No One Writes to the Colonel self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: No One Writes to the Colonel (1999 film)

Macondo → appearsIn → No One Writes to the Colonel ⓘ

Leaf Storm → relatedWork → No One Writes to the Colonel ⓘ

Gabo → refersToAuthorOf → No One Writes to the Colonel ⓘ

Casa Museo Gabriel García Márquez → relatedWork → No One Writes to the Colonel ⓘ