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سفر خوش آقای رئیس جمهور و بیست و یک داستان دیگر

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This small volume contains four compelling stories of displacement, love and death taken from Strange Pilgrims (1993): 'Bon Voyage, Mr President', 'Sleeping Beauty and the Airplane', 'I Only Came to Use the Phone' and 'Light Is Like Water'.

356 pages

First published June 1, 1979

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Gabriel García Márquez

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Gabriel José de la Concordia Garcí­a Márquez was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. Garcí­a Márquez, familiarly known as "Gabo" in his native country, was considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century. In 1982, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

He studied at the University of Bogotá and later worked as a reporter for the Colombian newspaper El Espectador and as a foreign correspondent in Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Caracas, and New York. He wrote many acclaimed non-fiction works and short stories, but is best-known for his novels, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985). His works have achieved significant critical acclaim and widespread commercial success, most notably for popularizing a literary style labeled as magical realism, which uses magical elements and events in order to explain real experiences. Some of his works are set in a fictional village called Macondo, and most of them express the theme of solitude.

Having previously written shorter fiction and screenplays, García Márquez sequestered himself away in his Mexico City home for an extended period of time to complete his novel Cien años de soledad, or One Hundred Years of Solitude, published in 1967. The author drew international acclaim for the work, which ultimately sold tens of millions of copies worldwide. García Márquez is credited with helping introduce an array of readers to magical realism, a genre that combines more conventional storytelling forms with vivid, layers of fantasy.

Another one of his novels, El amor en los tiempos del cólera (1985), or Love in the Time of Cholera, drew a large global audience as well. The work was partially based on his parents' courtship and was adapted into a 2007 film starring Javier Bardem. García Márquez wrote seven novels during his life, with additional titles that include El general en su laberinto (1989), or The General in His Labyrinth, and Del amor y otros demonios (1994), or Of Love and Other Demons.

(Arabic: جابرييل جارسيا ماركيز) (Hebrew: גבריאל גארסיה מרקס) (Ukrainian: Ґабріель Ґарсія Маркес) (Belarussian: Габрыель Гарсія Маркес) (Russian: Габриэль Гарсия Маркес)

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Doce Cuentos Peregrinos = Bon Voyage Mr. President and other stories, Gabriel Garcí­a Márquez

This small volume contains four compelling stories of displacement, love and death taken from Strange Pilgrims (1993): 'Bon Voyage, Mr President', 'Sleeping Beauty and the Airplane', 'I Only Came to Use the Phone' and 'Light Is Like Water'.

عنوانهای چاپ شده در ایران: «سفر خوش آقای رئیس جمهور، و بیست و یک داستان دیگر»؛ «قدیس»؛ «سفر بخیر آقای رئیس جمهور»؛ «زنی که هر روز راس ساعت شش صبح میآمد و داستانهای دیگر»؛ انتشاراتیها (نگاه، سمیر، قائد، نشر شیرین، آریابان)، تاریخ نخستین خوانش ماه نوامبر سال1995میلادی

عنوان: سفر خوش آقای رئیس جمهور، و بیست و یک داستان دیگر؛ نویسنده گابریل گارسیا مارکز؛ مترجم: احمد گلشیری؛ تهران، نگاه، سال1373؛ در354ص؛ شابک9646736009؛ چاپ سوم سال1381؛ موضوع: داستانهای کوتاه از نویسندگان کلمبیا - سده20م

عنوان: قدیس؛ نویسنده: گابریل گارسیا مارکز؛ مترجم قهرمان نورانی؛ تهران، سمیر، قائد، سال1379؛ در248ص؛ شابک9649260064؛ چاپ دیگر تهران، آریابان، سال1381؛ در248ص؛ شابک9647196172؛

عنوان: سفر بخیر آقای رئیس جمهور؛ نویسنده گابریل گارسیا مارکز؛ مترجم قهرمان نورانی؛ تهران، نشر شیرین، سال1373؛ در248ص؛ شابک9649001581؛ چاپ دیگر تهران، آریابان، سال1381؛ در248ص؛ شابک9647196172؛

در نسخه زبان اصلی نام کتاب «زائران غریب» است؛

عنوان داستانها: «زنی که ساعت شش آمد»؛ «مرگ مدام در فراسوی عشق»؛ «تسلیم سوم»؛ «روی دیگر مرگ»؛ «ایوا درون گربه خود»؛ «اندوه سه خوابگرد»؛ «چشمهای سگ آبی رنگ»؛ «کسی این گلهای سرخ را به هم میریخته»؛ «شب تلیله ها»؛ «سفر خوش آقای رئیس جمهور»؛ «قدیس»؛ «زیبای خفته و هواپیما»؛ «رویاهایم را میفروشم»؛ «فقط اومدم یک تلفن بکنم»؛ «ارواح ماه اوت»؛ «ماریا دوس پراسه رس»؛ «هفده مرد انگلیسی مسموم»؛ «ترامونتانا»؛ «تابستان خوشبختی میس فورس»؛ «نور مثل آب است»؛ «دریای زمان گم شده»؛ و «رد خون توی برف»؛

نسخه ای که انتشاراتی «آریابان» منتشر کرده، دوازده داستان با عنوانهای: «قدیس»؛ «سفر به خیر، آقای رئیس جمهور»؛ «زیبای خفته در هواپیما»؛ «نور مثلِ آب است»؛ «بادِ شمال»؛ «وحشتِ ماهِ اوت»؛ «ماریا پراسرس»؛ «حرفهٔ من خواب دیدن است»؛ «فقط برای تلفن زدن آمده� ام»؛ «هفده انگلیسی مسموم»؛ »تابستان خوش خانم فوریس»؛ «لکه� های خون روی برف»؛ هستند؛

تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 28/11/1399هجری خورشیدی؛ 07/12/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی
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April 24, 2023

رحلة موفقة سيدي الرئيس
عن رئيس مخلوع مقيم في المنفي يقابل أحد رعاياه السابقين بالصدفة و تتوالى الأحداث

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3,182 reviews27 followers
December 31, 2019
Written well, but every story in this one was depressing, especially the one where the poor woman just wanted to use a phone! 2 stars because well written, but just so depressing!
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Author8 books136 followers
May 3, 2010
A short book of four short stories. I liked the main one, Bon Voyage Mr President. It’s quite a straightforward story, with none of the magical realism for which Marquez is known. The dying ex-president of a Caribbean nation is in Geneva, seeing doctors about a mysterious ailment. A man from his home nation recognises him and invites him to his house, with the initial intention of making money out of him by selling him funeral services (the man is an ambulance driver and makes extra money working for funeral parlours, selling their products to dying patients). But as they have dinner and talk, the relationship becomes more complex, and they end up giving more than they take.

Sleeping Beauty and the Airplane is just a snapshot about a beautiful woman who sits next to the narrator on a long-distance flight. He watches her sleep and admires her beauty, imagining things he will say to her but finally saying nothing and letting her leave the plane and disappear into New York. It’s well-written but didn’t really feel like a story, more a scene from a potential story.

In I Only Came to Use the Phone, a woman breaks down on the way home and goes to the nearest building to use the phone and call for help. Unfortunately, the nearest building is a mental asylum, and because she enters at the same time as a new batch of patients, she is taken for one of them. Her story about a breakdown and a husband to call is seen as a symptom of her mental illness: her notes reflect the doctor’s concerns about her obsession with the telephone. Years pass, and she finally finds a way to pass a message to her husband, but when he arrives, he believes the doctor’s diagnosis of her and treats her with the same patronising condescension as the nurses, telling her he’ll visit her but she can’t leave just yet. She is furious, and her anger and violence are noted as more symptoms. It’s a good story, not entirely believable but making some good points about the institutionalisation of people, the way we believe anyone in a white coat and discount the words of anyone tainted with a diagnosis of mental illness.

The last one, Light is Like Water, is a short piece of pure fantasy. A child asks why the lights come on with a flick of the switch, and the narrator makes a flippant response, “Light is like water. You turn the tap and out it comes.� After that the boy and his brother ask their parents for a boat, and every time their parents go out they break a light-bulb and let light pour out to a depth of three feet, and go sailing around the house. It works OK until, one night, they turn on too many lights at once and the apartment becomes flooded, drowning the children and their friends. Weird but captivating little story.
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31 reviews13 followers
July 18, 2019
داستان "تسليم سوم" به شدت مرا تحت تاثير قرار داد.
اين كتاب را تمام خواهم كرد اما چند سال ديگر !!
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Author5 books85 followers
April 20, 2020
Di usianya yang memasuki 73 tahun, sang mantan presiden mulai dilupakan. Ia hidup seorang diri, sakit-sakitan, semua orang sudah hampir tak mengenalnya lagi; yang mereka ingat bahwa mereka tidak suka cara ia memipin negeri itu saat ia masih menjabat sebagai presiden. Waktu bukan saja telah banyak mengubah dirinya, melainkan juga dunianya.

Buku tipis ini berisi empat cerita pendek, dan boleh dibilang benang merah semuanya adalah tentang ironi.
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804 reviews42 followers
June 21, 2017
I found it quite poignant to read this collection of four stories by Marquez a few days after his passing. His texts brim with the energy and absurdity of life, which makes his short stories stand out from the many others in the Penguin 60s series. In 'Bon voyage, Mr President', dealing with the medical travails of an ousted Latin American president, power and the relationships between different levels of society are investigated on a disarmingly human scale. Power relations also come into play in the almost Kafkaesque ' "I only came to use the phone" ', in which a woman is taken up in an asylum for women where she does not belong. The other two texts are much shorter, and each charming in its own way. 'Sleeping Beauty and the airplane' describes a love-at-first-sight experience on an airplane - unfortunately only for the narrator. In 'Light is like water' Marquez demonstrates magical realism in the tale of two imaginative boys and their interest in boats and diving, despite living in Madrid, far away from the ocean. I have read too few books by Marquez - this, linked to his recent passing, will surely inspire me to explore his oeuvre more extensively.

Die onlangs oorlede Marquez se oeuvre word hier embrionaal verteenwoordig. Hy skryf oor politieke mag en magsverhoudings, en klee sy verhale dikwels met magiese realisme. Hierdie smaaklike en gevarieerde proesel, saam met sy onlangse dood, sal my sekerlik inspireer om sy werk meer uitgebreid te verken, en om 'N HONDED JAAR VAN EENSAAMHEID na vele jare weer te lees - ek onthou dat dit vir my so lekker was dat ek dit heeltemal te vinnig gelees het! Koningskos.
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562 reviews691 followers
November 29, 2021
ليست بذاك
حتى الحكاية الرئيسيّة
عن الرئيس المخلوع المنفيّ
الذي يتصدّق عليه أحد أفراد شعبه
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1,500 reviews4,528 followers
September 6, 2015
Four short stories, published as a Penguin 60, all taken from GGM's Strange Pilgrims.
Having written this review, I have now stuck it is a spoiler, as with stories so short it is hard not to give plot information... but no more than other reviews have... and I don't think I have spoiled them...


So an overall 3.5, rounded up to 4 stars.
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924 reviews3,516 followers
November 19, 2024
Good.

This was sorta good, but not going to review it.

For the moment at least.

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PERSONAL NOTE :
[1979] [36p] [Fiction] [2.5] [Conditional Recommendable]
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★★★★� Chronicle of a Death Foretold.
★★★★� Of Love and Other Demons. [3.5]
★★★☆� The Autumn of the Patriarch. [3.5]
★★★☆� The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor.
★★☆☆� No One Writes to the Colonel. [2.5]
★★☆☆� Strange Pilgrims: Twelve Stories. <--
★☆☆☆� Innocent Erendira and Other Stories. [1.5]

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Bueno.

Esto estuvo mas o menos bien, pero no voy a reseñarlo.

Al menos por ahora.

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NOTA PERSONAL :
[1979] [36p] [Ficción] [2.5] [Recomendable Condicional]
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December 19, 2007
كتاب‌شناس� گابريل گارسيا ماركز

� طوفان برگ
� ساعت نحس، احمد گلشيري
� صد سال تنهایی، به اسپانیایی Cien años de soledad) بهمن فرزانه

� پاییز پدرسالار، حسين مهري
� کسی به سرهنگ نامه نمی‌نویسد� احمد گلشیری
� پرندگان مرده، احمد گلشيري
� زائران غریب مجموعه داستان کوتاه، همچنین با عنوان ده داستان سرگردان

� ماجرای ارندیرا و مادربزرگ سنگدل‌ا� مجموعه داستان کوتاه، بهمن فرزانه

� سفر پنهانی میگل لیتین به شیلی
� از عشق و ديگر اهريمنان، احمد گلشيري
� عشق سال‌ها� وبا هرمز عبداللهی
� خانه بزرگ
� گزارش يك آدم ربايي
� زنده‌ا� كه روايت كنم ، كاوه مير عباسي
� خاطره دلبرکان غمگین من، عنوان اصلي: خاطرات روسپیان غمگین من، کاوه میرعباسی
5 reviews
August 24, 2018
I am giving 4 stars mainly thanks to "I only came to use the phone" which I think is really great in its simplicity. It is rather very sad story, but one that reader, can quite easily refer to the main character and her struggles, balance between trust and reliance on others, and eventually great disappointment.
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52 reviews1 follower
October 17, 2022
"Bağda ərik var idi, salam əleyk var idi, bağda ərik qurtardı ..." və ya "Kiminin əvvəli kiminin axırı" kimi məsəllərlə qısa özətini vermək olar. Çevrilişdən sonra sürgün olunan, müalicəsi üçün pul qurtardığından bəxt üzüyünü belə satmağa razılaşan ispan dilli diktatorun son illərindən bəhs edir.
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118 reviews18 followers
April 30, 2017
Entah terjemahannya yang kurang oke atau emang saya yg ga ngerti sama ceritanya.
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153 reviews152 followers
November 30, 2017
من این مجموعه داستان را دوست نداشتم. فکر می کنم هر چند اثری که از مارکز بخوانم باز هم مهرش به دلم نمی افتد ک نمی افتد.
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103 reviews73 followers
July 8, 2018
গল্পগুলি� চরিত্র মানুষে� অদ্ভুতত্বক�, আগন্তুকত� � ক্ষণিকতাকে দেখায় � যাদুবাস্তবতা� দাদু গর্সিয়া মার্কে� এর ছো� মজার গল্প �

যেমন� 'স্লিপি� বিউট� এন্ড এরোপ্লেন'� পাশে� সিটে বস� নারী� দিকে লেখকের দেখবার গল্প � না, কো� কথ� হয� না� তা� সাথে কারণ সে ফ্লাইট� উঠেই স্লিপি� পি� গিলে �'ঘন্টার এক্সপার্� ঘু� দিয়েছেন � মার্কেজুদ্দি� তারে দেখতেছেন আর ভাবতেছেন তা� ঘুমন্ত সৌন্দর্য্য � দু� ফোঁট� জল (গ্লাসে� থেকে) মাটিতে ফেলে বলেন- ইন দ্� নে� অব গড, সুস্বাস্থ্যে� প্রত� � এক পক্ষকে অবচেতন ধর� কথ� চল� যে� নিজেরই সাথে �

'বঁ ভঁয়াশ মি. প্রেসিডেন্�' একজন অবসরপ্রাপ্� প্রেসিডেন্টে� মেলানকলি � অন্যদেশে কে� চেনে না, এক� এক� মরার অপেক্ষায� পার্কে� বেঞ্চে অপেক্ষার� জনাব রাষ্ট্রপতি � এক সময় তা� মন� এই নিরর্থকত� ভর কর�- সে কি � জীবন দোয়েলের-ফড়িংএ� চেয়েছিল� নাকি মানুষে� চেয়েছিল�? তা� মন� কো� এক নারী� জন্য আফসো� কা� কর�, যাকে পেলে হয়ত সে রাষ্ট্রপতি হওয়ার চেয়� সার্থক হত; সে কাতরতা � বৃথা শো� নিয়� মৃত্যু� দি� গুনছেন জনাব প্রাক্তন রাষ্ট্রপতি �

'আই অনলি কেইম টু ইউ� দ্� ফো�'� পথ� মারিয়ার গাড়� নষ্ট হয়ে যায় � নির্জন হাইওয়েত� সে অন্য কো� গাড়� থামানো� চেষ্টা কর� � অনেকক্ষণ পর একটা বড� বা� ভর্ত� নারী এস� তাকে তুলে নিয়� যায় � সে বলার চেষ্টা কর�- সে শুধু একটা ফো� করতে চেয়েছিল� তা� হারানো স্বামী� কাছে � কিন্তু আবার ভাবে- সে তো জানে না তা� বেটা�-হা� কই চল� গেছে আর সে তা� এক জাগ্রত দুঃস্বপ্নে আটকা পড়ে এব� জানে না সে কোথায় যাচ্ছে �

'লাইট ইজ লাইক ওয়াটা�' গল্পতে দু� ভা� স্কুলে� রেজাল্� ভালো করাত� তাদে� পিতা-মাতা� কাছে একটা নৌকা কিনে দিতে দাবি কর� � একটা ডিঙি নৌকা কিনে দিলে এক ভা� অসাবধানত� বশ� নৌকা� সামনের বাল্� ভেঙ্গে ফ্যালে � তারপ� থেকে ভাঙ্গা বাল্� থেকে পানি� মত আল� বে� হত� থাকে � � ঘটনায় উৎসু� বন্ধুর� নৌকা দেখত� ভীড় কর� শুরু করলে সপ্তাহ� একদি� দু� ভা� বন্ধুদের ডাকে আর সে� পানি� মত আল� ধর� নৌভ্রম� কর� � এত� কর� দু'ভা� � তাদে� বন্ধুর� আলোর আঁধারে ডুবে যাওয়া� হা� থেকে পরিত্রাণ পায় �
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67 reviews6 followers
February 14, 2015

زمان انگار بر حاشیه طلوع صبح از حرکت بازمانده بود. ستاره صبحگاهی بر شیشه دلمه بسته بود ودر آن حال اتاق مجاور که شب تا صبح جسد تویش بود هنوز پیام فرمالدییدی تند خود را می پراکند. به یقین این بو با بوی باغچه تفاوت داشت.بویی بود دلتنگی اورتر و خاص تر از آن بوی امیخته گلهای گوناگون. بویی که همیشه وقتی مشخص می شد، با جسد ارتباط پیدا می کرد. به یاد ازمایشگاه افتاد. احشایی را به یاد آورد که درون الکل خالص نگهداری می شد، به یاد پرنده های تشریح شده افتاد. خرگوشی که از فرمالدیید اشبلع شده باشد گوشتش سفت می شود،ابش گرفته می شود و حالت نرمی دلخواه خود را از دست می دهد تا اینکه به خرگوشی دایمی و فناناپذیر تبدیل می شود. فرمالدیی. این بو از کجا می اید؟ تنها راه جلوگیری از پوسیدن. اگر درون رگهای ما ادمها فرمالدیید بود مثل نمونه های تشریحی بودیم که توی الکل خالص غوطه ورند
Profile Image for Mel.
111 reviews
January 20, 2009
*diselesaikan langsung tadi pagi saat di toilet*

di halaman terakhir buku, ditulis bahwa kisah2 ini diambil dari strange pilgrims.
buku ini hanya berisi 4 kisah. dan tiap tema kisahnya bagi saya menarik. terutama dua kisah terakhir yang saya sukai. aku hanya datang untuk memakai telepon dan cahaya itu seperti air
Profile Image for ZaRi.
2,319 reviews848 followers
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December 25, 2016
روزی میرسد که نسبت به همه چیز بی تفاوت می شوی... نه از بدگویی های دیگران می رنجی و نه دلخوش به حرف های عاشقانه ی اطرافت.
به آن روز می گویند: پیری.
آن روز، ممکن است برای برخی پس از سی سال از اولین روزی که پا به این دنیا گذاشته اند؛ فرا برسد و برای برخی پس از هشتاد سال هم هرگز اتفاق نیفتد... این دیگر بستگی به چگونه تا کردن زندگی با انسان ها دارد.
Profile Image for Carlos Daniel Marchio.
Author2 books110 followers
May 21, 2014
Quiero hacer una aclaración: el libro que he leído es "Doce Cuentos Peregrinos". Al no haberlo hallado aquí en GR marqué éste, que posee algunos cuentos de los que en él se incluyen.
Los mejores, a mi juicio:
- "Solo vine a hablar por teléfono"
- El rastro de tu sangre en la nieve
- La santa
Profile Image for James.
594 reviews30 followers
April 27, 2022
Nice collection of short stories. I am not a fan of Marquez� “magical realism� and only one of the four stories in this short book fits into the category. The other three are excellent. My favorite is “Sleeping Beauty and the Airplane.�
Profile Image for Karen Jean Martinson.
200 reviews1 follower
May 15, 2008
Beautiful. I think short stories work better for the particular prose of Marquez; the stories end long before we grow habituated to the magical metaphors explored through them.
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304 reviews3 followers
August 11, 2016
I enjoyed three of the stories, but not "I Just Came to Use the Phone." Stories about injustice make me angry, so I had to put it down.
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6 reviews2 followers
August 11, 2017
روایت هایی در باب مرگ یا شاید راوی مرگ بودن
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132 reviews13 followers
September 1, 2022
من نسخه صوتی‌� رو گوش دادم.
قشنگ بود و به عنوان یه زنگ تفریح لابه‌لا� بقیه کتاب‌ه� ارزش خوندن یا شنیدن داره.
Profile Image for Alfin Rizal.
Author10 books47 followers
January 27, 2025
Hanya ada empat cerpen. Cerpen pertama, yang jadi judul buku ini, “Selamat Jalan, Tuan Presiden� bercerita tentang seorang mantan Presiden berusia 73 tahun yang sedang menjalani perawatan medis, merenungi masa lampau, menyelami penderitaan, kemungkinan terabaikan, dan hanya bersiap menghadapi kematian.

Cerpen kedua, “Putri Tidur dan Pesawat Terbang�, mengisahkan secara singkat sebuah cinta pada pandangan pertama di sebuah pesawat dan keputusan untuk hanya jadi seorang pemuja rahasia. Ketiga, “Aku Hanya Datang untuk Memakai Telepon� ialah kisah pilu seorang perempuan yang mobilnya mogok di jalan, mencari tumpangan untuk menelpon suaminya yang menunggu di rumah, namun malah berakhir di rumah sakit jiwa.

“Cahaya Itu Seperti Air� jadi cerpen terakhir dan satu-satunya yang bernapaskan realisme magis. Seperti judulnya, Gabo mengubah elemen cahaya dalam cerita ini menjadi air. “�. Karena mereka menyalakan begitu banyak lampu pada saat yang sama sehingga apartemen itu kebanjiran.�

“� Di Madrid, Spanyol, sebuah kota yang jauh dari musim panas yang membakar dan angin yang dingin, tanpa laut atau sungai, yang penduduk aslinya tidak pernah menguasai ilmu pengetahuan untuk melayari cahaya.�
Profile Image for Jim.
1,044 reviews56 followers
February 4, 2021
Four short stories. Only light is like water has that touch of magic realism associated with Marquez. two scholars win a school prize and are rewarded with a row boat by their parents despite living on the fifth floor of a Madrid block. When their parents are out on Wednesdays at the movies, they use the light of a broken light bulb to float around the apartment. Bon Voyage Mr President, the title story is about an old former president of a Caribbean country in Switzerland, where he need medical care.
He sat on a wooden bench under the yellow leaves in the deserted park, contemplating the dusty swans with both his hands resting on the silver handle of his cane, and thinking about death.

Sleeping Beauty and the Airplane is about a beautiful woman sleeping in the adjacent seat to the author on a flight to New York. For me the most interesting story was "I only came to use the phone." This story is about a woman whose hire car breaks down and she seeks help in a nearby building, which turns out to be an asylum, she enters at the same time as a new influx of patients and is mistaken for being one of them.
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