The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor by Gabriel García Márquez

The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor

Gabriel García Márquez with Randolph Hogan

128 pages first pub 1955 (editions)

nonfiction classics adventurous reflective fast-paced
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'On February 22 we were told that we would be returning to Columbia'In 1955 eight crew members of Caldas, a Colombian destroyer, were swept overboard. Velasco alone survived, drifting on a raft for ten days without food or water. Márquez retells t...

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adventurous 88%
tense 45%
reflective 36%
emotional 33%
inspiring 28%
challenging 23%
hopeful 23%
informative 23%
dark 16%
sad 9%
mysterious 2%
relaxing 2%

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medium 38%
slow 12%

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