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For reasons of health, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Colombia’s illustrious Nobel Laureate for literature, has declared his retirement from public life. He has terminal cancer and sends this letter of farew...
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My son starts school today. It is all going to be strange and new to him for a while and I wish you would treat him gently. It is an adventure that might take him across continents. All adventures tha...
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It is now night. Birthday night. All the naked guards in my little castle have fallen asleep. Both your brother and sister are sleeping. Even your mother is already asleep. I had litt...
My journey has not been easy and peaceful. I have tasted a lot of bitterness along the way, with doors closed to my face, smiles full of irony and contempt, malice hidden under jokes. "Don't be stub...
