But, getting back to the story So the pavilions other security guard realized that something was happening and went over. So they started to cause a kind of traffic jam. Were talking about a lot of money. No, of course not. And on top of that, the bookstore was going to be at the exit of the Macondo Pavilion, which was clearly the most important one at the fair. Edgar: I followed people who walked past me up to the door before they could leave and I asked them to open their bags. lvaro told me that the squad car was driving at full speed down the Transmilenio lane to avoid traffic. No. Everything was very strange. The day-to-day life of the colonel, which doesn't amount to much, is handled with the precise detail of a painter. Until Friday, around two in the afternoon, he went back to one of the bookstores on the intersection of streets 10 and 13. Sort of. Damaso is a 20-something layabout and petty thief married to a middle-aged washerwoman named Ana. Camila: But finally the major told me sure, I could interview the officer that had taken me to his office because he was the one who conducted the whole operation. When they said, hey, come here, sargeant. Whats going on, man? Theyre trying to sell that book. What? Yeah. And who are they? I dont know, theyre some guys from La Perseverancia.. Presenter: It seems like yet another typical event in the unusual and magical country of Macondo, but it is real. He stopped in front of the display, saw that the book was missing and put his hands on his head. Edgar didnt talk to me at all. 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. Four in Cuba, two in Colombia and this one in Uruguay. He comes home at dawn, slips into bed with his sleeping wife and lights a cigarette. There was a major, there was a colonel, there was a captain from the Heritage department, there was an officer from the SIJIN and from the DIJIN. And they decided to act. You won't find any mention of levitation or flying carpets or crocodile children. David: I mean, at that point I was much more worried and I really wanted to go figure out what had happened with the police because I was really worried that this was going to turn into a big story in the media and we hadnt even filed a report. I spoke with press chiefs, commanders and lieutenants. Memory Changes. The music is by Luis Maurette. 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. If they had bags from another store, we asked them to open them. I dont know. So, do you want to see the book? But he hadnt even thought about the media. I have no idea, but you can imagine that he or she might threaten him or something, right? Camila: Because he got him old books. He said that the National Police were investigating the case and that he had to make it clear that not only were the individuals who stole the book responsible, but also anyone who bought it. He was at his own bookstore, almost on the other side of the city, in the middle of an event with a writer. lvaro needed a moment before he could start the interview. If he could give me a discount. , by Gabriel Garca Mrquez, was stolen at the Bogot International Book Fair. One of them is The Golden Cock. Are you sure you want to remove #bookConfirmation# A lot of people found that absurd. lvaro: I would rather have that responsibility and not leave other people in charge of it. So, of course, for lvaro, if the news came from La Lucirnaga it had to be a joke. But instead he was very controlled. Well, as far as I know, the only book by Garca Mrquez that was stolen was that one. The high costs involved in its operation make it difficult to provide the service in all its communities, which results in bad practices (burning, burying, or dumping into a river) and the proliferation of open dumps. The first question they asked him was, how do you feel now? And lvaro answered: Right now I feel different because I realized that this didnt just happen to me, it happened to all of Colombia. Based on a short story by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, in which he narrates the misadventures of people living in a small town that discovers that the billiard balls have disappeared from the only center of . "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. I hope you find the book. And I started to cry. . They looked like something out of the last century: there were two panes of glass one was sliding and they were held shut by a little lock, a keyhole with a saw-toothed shaped plate. Daniel: And at this point what is David doing? Daniel: Of course, at that moment they arent going to stop any petty thief whos shoplifting new books. Aurelio says to tell . He barely slept at all that night. But made-up people and stories are featured on the show to make fun of whats going on in the country. Were only first editions by Garca Mrquez, which made a kind of general timeline starting with his first published book to his last. He asked Is this your book?. . And she asked why?. The right thing to do was to call him and tell him myself because I was the person he had loaned the books to. Juan Vicente Valbuena: The Attorney General considers the theft of Gabriel Garca Mrquez work a serious attack on our cultural heritage. No One Writes to the Colonel is published in Colombia. Solid waste management represents a challenge for municipalities, particularly at the collection stage. Edgar: That there must have been some boss yelling at someone: this has to be found because its getting found. Then someone did something. The thing is, they found the book but not the thief. To ask for the phone number of the person in charge of Telfono Rosa. But they didnt, When David found out that the story was already all over the media, he got fair security on the phone, a retired colonel. You guys who are going to be downtown, a book by Gabriel Garca Mrquez was stolen in one of those bookstores, so you need to get in touch with your contacts about it.. They questioned and doubted everything I said. Alberto Isaac. Press Chief: Major, but the book that was stolen at the last Book Fair? They looked like something out of the last century: there were two panes of glass one was sliding and they were held shut by a little lock, a keyhole with a saw-toothed shaped plate. The first time I tried was in June 2015. So my major says: Heres the book. lvaro: Where did that number come from? Happy and absolutely incredulous. David wasnt just in charge of that bookstore, he was also the president of the Association of Independent Booksellers, the ACLI [by its initials in Spanish]. Major, but the book that was stolen at the last Book Fair? Camila: There were women who said Im no thief! Like saying that lvaro had stolen it himself, which seemed like the meanest possible thing to me. alternative approach to traditional music. Edgar: And I would tell them A first edition of One Hundred Years of Solitude is missing.. In 2007, Gabos secretary did lvaro the favor of bringing the book to Mexico to be signed by Garca Mrquez. And you start to feel like a thief, like youre the one whos guilty, because of the interrogation. But finally the major told me sure, I could interview the officer that had taken me to his office because he was the one who conducted the whole operation. The first question they asked him was, how do you feel now? And lvaro answered: lvaro: Right now I feel different because I realized that this didnt just happen to me, it happened to all of Colombia. And I couldnt believe it. But the supervisor put it better. And that they had already identified and intercepted him. Gabriel Garca Mrquez Biography, Next But what are their names, man? There are no ghosts, no gypsies. Weve got a recommended case here. lvaro wanted it that way, as an official public act. 174 times the minimum wage, enough to buy, I dont know, a small apartment in the southern part of Bogot. It was wrong. But what caught my attention was that there were slightly different versions of where the book had been found. In other words, people who sell things with dubious origins. That was the phrase the supervisor used. In 14 days, 520 thousand visitors came to the fair, more than 70 thousand more than the previous year. The album is a majestically chaotic tapestry held together by moments of sweet serenity blended into gales of noise and disharmony. In 1970, the novel was chosen as one of the twelve best books of the year by many American critics; in 1972, Garca Mrquez won the Rmulo Gallegos Prize in Venezuela and the Books Abroad/Neustadt International Prize for Literature. A thief entered Macondo and cast a dark shadow over the most successful of all of the Bogot Book Fairs. Under regular security procedure, they shouldve informed the police. He held a press conference just to talk about the incident. So he thought that maybe if they searched people they could find it. Camila: So he thought from now until I get to my house and send the email I will have lost a whole day. Writer: There Are No Thieves In This Town. Language. They put a type of caution tape in front of the display cases, like at a crime scene, and the order was not to move until lvaro arrived. Camila: It will only close the moment someone is captured. 07:25 Writer: There Are No Thieves In This Town. 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. So my major says: Heres the book. The dentist informs the mayor that the tooth must be removed using hot forceps and no anesthesia. And on top of that the Telfono Rosa comes out once a week. Thank you for listening to Radio Ambulante. And what about that figure, that they were going to sell it for 120 million or something like that? Around that time, two people from the pavilions logistics team arrived. I mean, I have been to that book fair. So it occurred to him to call a journalist friend who worked at El Tiempo. The shopkeeper pointed out where it was. Camila: His copy of One Hundred Years of Solitude. Its that very same feeling that Edgar had. Daniel: Or rather, they dont close But they get filed away? Palomino: We know they were going to sell it for more than 120 million pesos. Camila: They say that they are meeting on a foot bridge near the neighborhood. Hi, Im Daniel Alarcn. And, well, we already know how that call went. 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 if you hear about it or they come by to try to sell it, youd better give us a call.. Then they told him he had to go to a press conference. But the chief of police gave a different figure. No one argues for his freedom. So they agreed the donation would be on Thursday, May 14th at 4pm. He showed me the inscription and then he showed me something else. He brought a satchel to carry the books, since he thought if he left with the box people would say he was the thief. And I said, I dont know. So he said, Do you want me to give you the email of Telfono Rosa at El Tiempo?. The DIJIN and the SIJIN is very confusing even for us. Camila: Yes, 120 million. Garca Mrquez had died a year earlier, in April 2014, and this book fair was being held in his honor. "It was a very bad time for me," he has confessed, "a suffocating time. lvaro: And a boy who was somewhere between 10 and 12 years old comes up to me and says hey, arent you the one they stole the book from?. Or about 20 thousand dollars. And later he said no, librovejero as in ropavejero [book peddler, as in junk peddler]. NPR One joins you this Thanksgiving while you travel or wait in line or wait for a friend. Were going to send a squad car for you.. Paint is peeling off the walls and sometimes you get the feeling that the building is abandoned. 1996. Camila: In other words, people who sell things with dubious origins. That was the phrase the supervisor used. Find top songs and albums by There Are No Thieves In This Town, including Of the Things I Would Not Have Omitted to Note and Treasure, Within Your Little Hour of Grace and more. Luca Buitrago: My name is Luca Fernanda Buitrago Montaez. Not at all. Major: Would we be able to do that? lvaro: It took four or five hours, it was this frustrating thing that wouldnt end. Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulantes stories. lvaros bookstore, San Librario, also had a stand at the fair. Came up to me looking very friendly and said, You dont know how proud we are to have recovered your book. And on his desk there was a cardboard box for a router. We started driving all over the place. He heard the news on, is a radio show where they talk about national news. Youre crazy, what are you thinking?!. Camila: Edgar was at the other end of the store and he rushed to where Luca was. Why? You can hear it in his voice. And I would tell them A first edition of. Anyone can come to see it, but always under the supervision of one of the officials in the room. Its a decrepit building. His name is Menganno and. For instance, people started coming up with really crazy and sometimes very disrespectful theories. That day around noon his friend called him back. Supervisor: We have a lot of contact with a number of merchants, lets call them, the good and the bad ones. I know, he talks really fast, its almost like he doesnt even stop to breathe. But its really hard to search that many people, isnt it? Its a decrepit building. lvaro: Now that I think about it, it really was a flimsy lock. Well, sure, so they can say something, you know? Garcia Marquez has left us but, thankfully, his work remains. He went into a tiny bookstore and asked for the Latin American literature section. Meanwhile, Edgar and the other guard kept on searching everyone who tried to leave. Discover the stars who skyrocketed on IMDb's STARmeter chart this year, and explore more of the Best of 2022; including top trailers, posters, and photos. How may I help you? Anyone can come to see it, but always under the supervision of one of the officials in the room. So he thought from now until I get to my house and send the email I will have lost a whole day. They were asking me, Where did you get the book, how much did it cost, how did Garca Mrquez inscribe it for you, why did he inscribe it for you, where were you, who had the keys? And I said, Me, I was the only one who had them. How do you know you are the only one? Because they told me I was the only one.. Camila: He picked up his satchel and left. The first time I tried was in June 2015. 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. from your Reading List will also remove any Did they close the case? And no one has been able to explain where that number came from. And the lieutenant was nowhere to be seen. Thats the director of the Association of Independent Booksellers, right? Daniel: As if it were an ambulance or something. And well, the fair ended on Monday and.. Everything was going back to normal. Instead I said, yes, of course.. But not just any copy. Taking out the cards, like they were shit to me, and leaving them on the desk. It does, however, bring to our attention the author's grasp on subtlety, on. Acesta este unul dintre putinele filme Fox care continua produsul sub proprietatea Disney. And you start to feel like a thief, like youre the one whos guilty, because of the interrogation. I want to get this over with fast. And I said, jokingly, if this isnt done by Thursday, Im donating it to the National Museum on Friday.. It was wrong. No, wait, Camila, youre speaking Colombian. Gracias, Gabo. I mean, yes, the book was found and everything was well and good. Well, he hadnt set foot in the fair since the robbery. Find us on NPR One in your app store. Which means the news wouldnt come out for another seven days. Yes. I asked the supervisor if that meant they werent looking for the culprits anymore. It was like if delivering the book was matter of life or death. Camila: Some news outlets, for example, said that they had found it inside of a house and others said it was at a street stand. This very same box. Almost impossible. But my phone doesnt even have a data plan and the fair didnt have wifi and all that. Yes, up to 20 years. Camila: When David found out that the story was already all over the media, he got fair security on the phone, a retired colonel. Camila: But on the other hand, he was certain he didnt want lvaro to find out from someone else. But at the time no one thought it was a shoddy lock. Daniel: We will come back after a small break. 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. Remote War #the Role Of Technology# %^ In War #### The Secrets of the Great City A Work Descriptive of the Virtues and the Vices, the . No one did. So he started to call them on the radio. As well as anyone who acquires it. Damaso is a night prowler who frequents the local bar and pool hall. Camila: Edgar thought that not much time had passed between when they had been robbed and when they noticed. The book wins the Primera Plana prize in Argentina on June 20. How is it that they didnt catch the thief? Supervisor: They told us: Alright, listen up. 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