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1、OTHERBOOKSINENGLISHTRANSLATIONBYGABRIELGARCÍAMÁRQUEZNoOneWritestotheColonelandOtherStories(1968)OneHundredYearsofSolitude(1970)TheAutumnofthePatriarch(1976)InnocentEréndiraandOtherStories(1978)InEvilHour(1979)LeafStormandOtherStories(1979)ChronicleofaDeath
2、Foretold(1982)TheStoryofaShipwreckedSailor(1986)ClandestineinChile:TheAdventuresofMiguelLittín(1987)LoveintheTimeofCholera(1988)TheGeneralinHisLabyrinth(1990)StrangePilgrims(1993)OfLoveandOtherDemons(1995)NEWSOFAKIDNAPPINGGABRIELGARCÍAMÁRQUEZTRANSLATEDFROM
3、THESPANISHBYEDITHGROSSMANALFREDA.KNOPFNEWYORK1997CONTENTSAcknowledgements1234567891011EpilogueANoteAbouttheAuthorANoteAbouttheTranslatorACKNOWLEDGMENTSINOCTOBER1993,MarujaPachónandherhusband,AlbertoVillamizar,suggestedIwriteabookaboutherabductionandsix-mon
4、thcaptivity,andhispersistenteffortstoobtainherrelease.IwasalreadywellintothefirstdraftwhenwerealizeditwasimpossibletoseparateherkidnappingfromnineotherabductionsthatoccurredatthesametimeinColombia.Theywerenot,infact,tendistinctabductions—asithadseemedatfir
5、st—butasinglecollectiveabductionoftencarefullychosenindividuals,whichhadbeencarriedoutbythesamegroupandforonlyonepurpose.Thisbelatedrealizationobligedustobeginagainwithadifferentstructureandspiritsothatalltheprotagonistswouldhavetheirwell-definedidentities
6、,theirownrealities.Itwasatechnicalsolutiontoalabyrinthinenarrativethatinitsoriginalformwouldhavebeenconfusedandinterminable.Butthismeantthatwhathadbeenforeseenasayear’sworkextendedintoalmostthree,evenwiththeconstant,meticulousassistanceandcollaborationofMa
7、rujaandAlberto,whosepersonalstoriesarethecentralaxis,theunifyingthread,ofthisbook.IinterviewedalltheprotagonistsIcould,andineachofthemIfoundthesamegenerouswillingnesstorootthroughtheirmemoriesandreopenwoundstheyperhapspreferredtoforget.Theirpain,theirpatie
8、nce,andtheirragegavemethecouragetopersistinthisautumnaltask,thesaddestandmostdifficultofmylife.Myonlyfrustrationisknowingthatnoneofthemwillfindonpapermorethanafadedreflectionofthehorrortheyenduredintheirreall
