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They hired two security guards who were only tasked with watching the bookstore, and on top of that, they agreed that one person on their staff would be at the cases at all times. Camila: And of course, the business owners dont want their clients to get robbed. The right thing to do was to call him and tell him myself because I was the person he had loaned the books to. And you would think that a thief is ready for something, dont you think?. Camila: lvaro took the book to Colombia and it ended up being part of that exhibit I mentioned before, at the Book Fair, along with 31 other books from his private collection. And, well, we already know how that call went. His name is Menganno and. Palomino spoke first. A large part of his Garca Mrquez collection which he had spent years compiling. And she asked why?. Which is to say, it would be nice if all of the cases the police handled where recommended cases and they were just as efficient when they deal with the robbery of an average, ordinary citizen. I was laughing at that point. lvaro left Macondo and went to his stand. At some point various men from security arrived along with the manager of the pavilion. Camila: But on the other hand, he was certain he didnt want lvaro to find out from someone else. David: If Luca is calling me, its because its important. I met him and he gave me the nickname libroviejero [man with the old books]. Silvia Vias and I edited this story with the help of Martina Castro. How could we do it? Well, not quite. Camila: And Im Camila Segura. The shopkeeper pointed out where it was. All I could say was sure, of course, we have to answer for this. I thought I dont know how but we have to answer for this.. Camila: Everyones spirits were as low as they could be. And later he said no, librovejero as in ropavejero [book peddler, as in junk peddler]. In Mexico City ("with only a hundred dollars in my pockets"), he began slowly, and with great difficulty, a new career as a screen writer. It says: I bought this copy of One Hundred Years of Solitude in Montevideo, Uruguay. 82. lvaro: Where did that number come from? I dont know I dont know anything. And it was the first time the ACLI was in charge of the bookstore at the fair. "Diary of a Shipwrecked Sailor. Like saying that lvaro had stolen it himself, which seemed like the meanest possible thing to me. They put out an all-points bulletin and somehow discovered I dont know how that the book was going to be taken out of the country. More than a year ago, in May 2015. Daniel: No, wait, Camila, youre speaking Colombian. And when David told him that, lvaro. Camila: I also asked lvaro what he knew about that. Previous But instead he was very controlled. One of them is The Golden Cock. In that part of the city-center, there are several blocks filled with stands that for years have been selling books, mostly used books. He said, I cant believe it. lvaro: He said, I cant believe it. Camila: When they left the interrogation it was practically nighttime. They were about to close the fair and the police never arrived. Sort of. From all over the world. Today it is in the collections section, along with the other more valuable books in the National Library. It involves a poor, unlicensed dentist, Aurelio Escovar, who is called upon by the village mayor to remove an infected tooth. Dont tell me theres another one. Like saying that lvaro had stolen it himself, which seemed like the meanest possible thing to me. He asked Is this your book?. For instance, people started coming up with really crazy and sometimes very disrespectful theories. Camila: lvaro still didnt tell anyone anything. They took lvaro, David, Edgar, Luca and two other women who were in charge of taking care of the display case to the fairs security office. ADVERTISEMENT. Because he got him old books. A coven in Bogot. One of them is The Golden Cock. Quote for turning point 2 - "There were 200 pesos" said Rouge "And now there going to take them out of your hide, not so much for being a thief, but for being a fool.". The assistant of General Palomino, the chief of police, was calling him. Perhaps the greatest. They didnt give lvaro a lot of details either. Luca: The media came first, then the police. And I couldnt believe it. He insisted that the book was important. And I couldnt believe it. This book belongs to my country and Im going to donate it to the Colombian National Library because from the moment that most Colombians showed their scorn for this act, it became part of everyones heritage. Here, he delves into themes of corruption and censorship like the poet-journalist he was. Camila: Eight police officers went. About 40 thousand dollars. He had sold the rest, but the one at the fair was special because it had been signed by Gabo. Thanks for exploring this SuperSummary Study Guide of "No One Writes To The Colonel" by Gabriel Garca Mrquez. Their number? I dont know, those guys came to sell the book but they are asking for a lot.. Meanwhile, Edgar and the other guard kept on searching everyone who tried to leave. And that General Palomino wanted to deliver it to him in person. But they didnt. 04. Eight police officers went. I said, this is really funny. Though promising enough, all his previous works can be seen as but preliminary exercises to this masterpiece. Learn more about Radio Ambulante and this story by visiting our website: . Daniel: But then when is it supposed to close? It took four or five hours, it was this frustrating thing that wouldnt end. What are you trying to find?. The title was changed at the suggestion of the author's friends but not without some objection from Garca Mrquez. Thats the bad part. Exactly. Im an investigator with SIJINs anti-theft group. lvaro wanted it that way, as an official public act. Our interns are Emiliano Rodrguez, Andrs Azpiri and Luis Fernando Vargas. Camila: About 40 thousand dollars. Daniel: As if it were an ambulance or something. But Luca remembered that the agreement was that only lvaro could handle the books. I know, he talks really fast, its almost like he doesnt even stop to breathe. A relevant case is when a person is robbed and that person has some important societal status. In This Town There Are No Thieves. THERE ARE NO THIEVES IN THIS VILLAGE En este pueblo no hay ladrones. I made calls almost every week. For instance, people started coming up with really crazy and sometimes very disrespectful theories. They didnt give lvaro a lot of details either. Camila: Ok, so lvaro bought this book in 2006. Comedy. It does, however, bring to our attention the author's grasp on subtlety, on the quiet moments that can give a story depth and beauty. So everyone who went into the pavilion would see the bookstore. But well, moving past the technicalities, when lvaro arrived at the stand he was really impressed to see all of these people, including criminologists who were dusting for fingerprints. David: I mean, its just not right. David: I knew this was a very serious problem but what I was worried about was the institutional issue. So I started to feel really really bad. We have accomplished something very important, very important. Which is to say, it would be nice if all of the cases the police handled where recommended cases and they were just as efficient when they deal with the robbery of an average, ordinary citizen. Something weird is going on, he said. This very same box. Thanks for listening. His friend asked him to tell her everything in detail. That was the version I heard, the version that was in the press. So a senator is robbed, a minister is robbed, someone steals I dont know, the cellphone of a private secretary at the ministry. I was waiting for them to take me to his office. The dentist informs the mayor that the tooth must be removed using hot forceps and no anesthesia. He was tired, he hadnt been sleeping well and he could hear his phone going off, even when no one was calling. It starts with a call from David Roa to lvaro Castillo. Camila: Not much. And he opened the box and there was the book. Paint is peeling off the walls and sometimes you get the feeling that the building is abandoned. From what I understand, it isnt open because they arent looking for the culprits, but it isnt closed because they havent found them. Then I opened it to the page with the inscription and said, yes, this is my book, and I started to cry. Hi, Im Daniel Alarcn. If they had bags from another store, we asked them to open them. Others, including the supervisor, realize that something had dropped to the ground: a box. lvaro: But my phone doesnt even have a data plan and the fair didnt have wifi and all that. She had sustained them by borrowing from friends, paying for groceries on monthly installments, and not paying any rent to the landlord for six months. 07:25 Writer: There Are No Thieves In This Town. But what are their names, man? Everything was very strange. This novella about a hapless colonel eagerly awaiting his pension is far from the magical realism Garcia Marquez became so popular for. Turning point 2 - Damaso is caught by Rouge while he was returning the billiard balls. So he had to split his time between that stand and the Macondo stand, and there he had to interact with thousands of visitors, telling them in great detail about all of the books in his collection. Camila: When David found out that the story was already all over the media, he got fair security on the phone, a retired colonel. The officer asked us not to use his name. Interviews with cultural icons like Rita Moreno and Carlos Santana as well as contemporary vanguards like Calle 13 or author Junot Diaz. Camila: I have no idea, but you can imagine that he or she might threaten him or something, right? Neither floods nor plagues, nor famines nor cataclysms, nor even the eternal wars of century upon century have been able to subdue the persistent advantage of life over death. Damaso stop the wrong persecution. He was at his own bookstore, almost on the other side of the city, in the middle of an event with a writer. Juan Vidal is a writer and cultural critic from Miami. Its shrink-wrapped No, not that one. Someone who steals millions and millions of dollars gets eight years in prison and someone who steals a book by Gabo gets 20. Find Alt.Latino on the NPR One app and at npr.org/podcasts, Hi, Im Daniel Alarcn. But what caught my attention was that there were slightly different versions of where the book had been found. There are no ghosts, no gypsies. National Police line, good morning. They said that the file on the robbery had been placed in whats called a provisional file. And I said, I dont know. So he said, Do you want me to give you the email of Telfono Rosa at El Tiempo?. I followed people who walked past me up to the door before they could leave and I asked them to open their bags. In other words, to a valuable book, to a media scandal. It was wrong. Camila: Thats the bad part. Camila Segura is the senior editor at Radio Ambulante. Or rather, they dont close But they get filed away? Camila: Exactly. Perhaps the greatest. We didnt get into the details of how it happened. That was the first year the invited country was a fictional place: Macondo. Dont move, dont move, theyre shooting.. Edgar: He stopped in front of the display, saw that the book was missing and put his hands on his head. In his Nobel lecture in Stockholm, he declared: "This, my friends, is the very scale of our solitude . Well, this is just a meeting that came out of an unfortunate circumstance but has a fortunate ending. Not at all. But basically what you need to understand is that SIJIN is local and is dependent on the DIJIN, which is national. Learn more about Radio Ambulante and this story by visiting our website: radioambulante.org. Find us on NPR One in your app store. And then people would be a little more cooperative. He wrote film scripts, some in collaboration with Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes; several of these scripts became movies. When I went out to eat breakfast, I also went by the bookstore. The last few sentences are more than telling. "Now you'll pay for our twenty dead men," he says, and then we understand that the man we're dealing with is no honest official. And this supervisor spends his time walking through downtown Bogot because thats where most robberies happen. The book was found! And I said, but how could the book be found without anyone telling me? And all of a sudden my phone rings. The display cases where they were being displayed had been set up by pavilion organizers. lvaro: To ask for the phone number of the person in charge of Telfono Rosa. Supervisor: A relevant case is when a person is robbed and that person has some important societal status. They look at #5. Supervisor: I mean, a lot of years are going to go by but the case isnt going to close. There are No Thieves in This Town. Others said they couldnt speak because they believed they were about to catch the group that had stolen the book. Camila: In other words, he wasnt just worried about how he was going to pay for the book, but also about what would become of the association. . Camila: But Luca is the kind of person who almost never calls. So the supervisor starts going by all the book stands in the area and says to the vendors: Supervisor: Listen, brother, a book got stolen around here. He had sold the rest, but the one at the fair was special because it had been signed by Gabo. So I went to the SIJN offices. Its huge. lvaro just arranged the books and made a verbal agreement with David that lvaro was the only person who could touch his books. is one of the most important newspapers in the country and Telfono Rosa is a news section or rather, a gossip section about celebrities in Colombia that comes out once a week, every Sunday. Garca Mrquez died on April 17, 2014, at home in Mexico City following complications from pneumonia; he was 87. And you start to feel like a thief, like youre the one whos guilty, because of the interrogation. He took out six dollars and paid the shopkeeper. I was almost expecting him to start cursing and shouting and get violent. I met him and he gave me the nickname libroviejero [man with the old books]. Camila: During all this, David wasnt at the fair. Major: Would we be able to do that? We have a lot of contact with a number of merchants, lets call them, the good and the bad ones. 2023 Course Hero, Inc. All rights reserved. So he thought that maybe if they searched people they could find it. lvaro went back to his house. Camila: Edgar thought that someone who worked there had taken it but Luca explained that lvaro was the only one with the key. Camila: According to what the supervisor told me, 50 million pesos. Hold on. Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulante's stories.More info at lupa.app. Gabriel Garca Mrquez Biography, Next I told him, I dont want to talk right now and I hung up. Daniel: Thats the director of the Association of Independent Booksellers, right? But the chief of police gave a different figure. Why? Camila: They took lvaro, David, Edgar, Luca and two other women who were in charge of taking care of the display case to the fairs security office. The other staff at the Macondo store, the ones who were always there. Collection efficiency is aggravated by poor route planning, narrow road . I would feel unworthy of standing in this place that was his if I were not fully aware that the colossal tragedy he refused to recognize thirty-two years ago is now, for the first time since the beginning of humanity, nothing more than a simple scientific possibility. And the lieutenant was nowhere to be seen. I mean, yes, the book was found and everything was well and good. But Luca is the kind of person who almost never calls. This very same box. Camila: Ill explain: El Tiempo is one of the most important newspapers in the country and Telfono Rosa is a news section or rather, a gossip section about celebrities in Colombia that comes out once a week, every Sunday. Well, obviously I wasnt going to get in an argument with him and say, no, what are you talking about?. And he said return my book or pay for it. David: Because the whole thing started to break down. Camila: Yes. This contradicts the title. He showed me the inscription and then he showed me something else. We showed up and they said, listen, there was a guy here who was interested but hes going to go to Preservencia to buy it there because those guys are pissed off and dont want to come over here because they know the book is a touchy subject.. Yes, up to 20 years. Camila: The lieutenants desk was the same as the others. Scenes of the colonel making coffee or checking the mail are heartbreaking ruminations on old age that stay with the reader like easy memories. bookmarked pages associated with this title. Camila: Edgar was at the other end of the store and he rushed to where Luca was. We are back with Radio Ambulante. But I dont think the bit about the price is so important. Those were tears of joy. So I didnt take them out. No one wanted to give a statement. Supervisor: When they get out to run, they hear gunfire. What a country. Camila: Just then the squad car arrived to pick up lvaro. When we check the box, the first thing we do is see whats inside. When they left the interrogation it was practically nighttime. That youre not going to go where they steal your socks with your shoes still on. The one he had loaned the book to. That was the first year the invited country was a fictional place: Macondo. But its really hard to search that many people, isnt it? And it makes me very sad because the book was stolen, but it also gives me peace, tranquility and pride knowing that there are people who can feel another persons minor misfortune, compared to the many misfortunes in life and in the country, as if it were their own. Daniel: And what about that figure, that they were going to sell it for 120 million or something like that? in spite of this, to oppression, plundering and abandonment, we respond with life. And Ill explain: Edgar and Luca had told the fair security about the robbery. lvaro: Edgar didnt talk to me at all. Meanwhile, his friends had arranged for his two recent books to be published. The prime suspect was played by Elizabeth Montgomery, who was depicted committing the murders in the film while in the nude, which was censored for American viewers. Would we be able to do that? Now, however, he corrects line by line as he works. And lvaro was a secondhand book collector. It was the second time I cried. Camila: So they agreed the donation would be on Thursday, May 14th at 4pm. So the supervisor starts going by all the book stands in the area and says to the vendors: Listen, brother, a book got stolen around here. Removing #book# And this supervisor spends his time walking through downtown Bogot because thats where most robberies happen. In 1984, in the small Chilean city of Villa Alemana, Our ninth season is just one week away! How is it that they didnt catch the thief? It was an expression like I dont understand whats happening.. I think that was the only time I showed any anger. And finally, the vendor. So, of course, the first thing the supervisor does is call the chief of police to tell him that he has this information, and his chief tell his own boss to tell him. And they decided to infiltrate the black market, where this was being discussed. Those who stole the work can suffer penalties ranging from 6 to 20 years, as well as those who commit the crime of handling stolen goods, meaning, buying this stolen good, could get 4 to 12 years in jail. He went home and told his wife: "Don't bother me, especially don't bother me about money." And finally, the vendor. Camila: Well, you cant hear it very well, but she thanks lvaro, obviously, and says that this book is the start of a great collection that the library wants to create, and that this book in particular is important not just because of its value as a piece of heritage, but also because of what its theft meant for the country. This narrative prospective is there so you feel bad for Damaso, however he is not respectful of his wife, and instead, is full of himself. I wasnt friends with Garca Mrquez. It was in Uruguay. based on a story by Juan Rulfo. But on Friday, six days after the robbery, lvaro was in his bookstore, working, when a friend called him and said: lvaro: Brother, so the book turned up?, lvaro: Its just that my dad heard it did. And in Montevideo I really like to walk down a street called Calle Tristn Narvaja, which is a street that is full of secondhand bookstores. I said, the worst thing for Luca has to be the worst of the worst of the worst., Luca: And David says, what? 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