The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor

By (author): "Randolph Hogan, Gabriel García Márquez"
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Publish Date: 1970
The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor
AsinThe Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor
Original titleRelato de un náufrago
This is Marquez's account of a real-life event. In 1955, eight crew members of the destroyer Caldas, were swept into the Caribbean Sea. The sole survivor, Luis Alejandro Belasco, told the true version of the events to Marquez, causing great scandal at the time.