Eight police officers went. lvaro: Im calling to inform you that the book has been found.. Language. The right thing to do was to call him and tell him myself because I was the person he had loaned the books to. Dont tell me theres another one. I should say something and do something very meaningful so it seems like Im doing something. Its like really absurd because it was like, not this, this is bigger than me and I have no idea what Im going to do. Are you crazy?! But I dont think the bit about the price is so important. Camila: But Luca is the kind of person who almost never calls. Camila: I know, he talks really fast, its almost like he doesnt even stop to breathe. Camila: lvaro spoke briefly and finally gave the donation. Daniel: The people in charge of investigating crimes in Bogot. The blackman takes the blame for Damasos crime. 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.. and any corresponding bookmarks? I told him, I dont want to talk right now and I hung up. Its hosted by Felix Contreras, and Felix. Camila: And that General Palomino wanted to deliver it to him in person. His prize was a first edition book from 1967. Of course, everyone understands how valuable that book is. Until finally in April 2016 they gave me an appointment to meet with the lieutenant in charge of the case. Taking out the cards, like they were shit to me, and leaving them on the desk. And later he said no, librovejero as in ropavejero [book peddler, as in junk peddler]. But the guard was a little confused and at one point asked what are we looking for, again?. I have the worst news you could imagine. And I turned around and saw that the book was missing. What are you trying to find?. Daniel: But then when is it supposed to close? But I dont think the bit about the price is so important. Edgar: He tells me, the police are coming now so you can file a report. He had sold the rest, but the one at the fair was special because it had been signed by Gabo. The original title of the novel had been Este Pueblo de Mrida (The Town of Dung). And well I I was already freaking out. The first thing I thought was, how am I going to face lvaro when I see him?. If he could give me a discount. Daniel: Welcome to Radio Ambulante, from NPR. The books on display. 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: Yes. And lvaros book was on display along with others from his private collection, in an exhibit inside a bookstore that David was running. lvaro took the book to Colombia and it ended up being part of that exhibit I mentioned before, at the Book Fair, along with 31 other books from his private collection. lvaros bookstore, San Librario, also had a stand at the fair. It was a first edition, and worse still, one that Garca Mrquez signed for lvaro. CliffsNotes study guides are written by real teachers and professors, so no matter what you're studying, CliffsNotes can ease your homework headaches and help you score high on exams. 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. But well, moving past the technicalities, when lvaro arrived at the stand he was really impressed to see all of these people, including criminologists who were dusting for fingerprints. He was at his own bookstore, almost on the other side of the city, in the middle of an event with a writer. Your purchase helps support NPR programming. Not even me. Daniel: In person? lvaro started taking them out and throwing them on the desk. How can that be? THERE ARE NO THIEVES IN THIS VILLAGE En este pueblo no hay ladrones. It was like the worst thing that could happen to me three days before the end of the fair. Heres the book. And the guys? I dont know. The one he had loaned the book to. Dont move, dont move, theyre shooting.. I answered, Hello?. I mean, I have been to that book fair. Almost impossible. And how many people did they search? A film adaptation of "There Are No Thieves in This Town" is released. Thanks for listening. There was another girl who started crying, another bookseller, for no apparent reason because she didnt have anything to do with what was happening, but it was just seeing all of the commotion. What he did say was that the book had been prepared to be sold when it was discovered. Camila: No. Luca: The media came first, then the police. Of the presumed eight thousand first copies presumed because back in 67 when it was published, records were not as precise as they are today lvaro has found seven. Edgar: To open their bags. No, of course not. They took all of the books out of the display case and started packing them up. lvaro: I wasnt friends with Garca Mrquez. I mean, it wasnt all of the first editions because they wouldnt all fit, but it was something representative of his work. And I dont want to tell him, but I have to. His desk was called the "Cave of the Mafia"; there, he worked for eight to ten hours a day for eighteen months. And she said the worst like 80 times. He said that no one was going to settle down until that book was found. And that year the fair had a record number of visitors. Four in Cuba, two in Colombia and this one in Uruguay. And the protocol goes on and on. lvaro: Listen, hurry up, hurry up, theyre waiting. Traffic isnt moving. Well, turn on your siren. So the car went as fast as it could. He showed me the inscription and then he showed me something else. What happened?. Not at all. On social media you could read things like: User 1: Thats why this country is backwards. Luca: And I said, David, I have some of the worst news you could get at the fair., David: She tells me, David, the worst thing has happened. There are no ghosts, no gypsies. Garca Mrquez sent the first three chapters of 100 Hundred Years of Solitude to Carlos Fuentes, who along with the Argentinean writer Julio Cortzar was an early fan and supporter. And they decided to act. Camila: But if they do capture someone, then it will close. But before he left he asked to use their restroom. Thanks to la Productora Snica, Sandra Acero and Jos Luis Pearedonda. Daniel: In other words, she didnt follow Davids instructions? User 2: This country is totally charro. The one he had loaned the book to. George C. (George Charles) Husmann. Supervisor: We have a lot of contact with a number of merchants, lets call them, the good and the bad ones. To ask for the phone number of the person in charge of Telfono Rosa. There came a moment when I lost faith in thinking that the book would turn up if I kept searching people. lvaro: He said, I cant believe it. He had sold the rest, but the one at the fair was special because it had been signed by Gabo. Corral was a thirty-second shootout between lawmen led by Virgil Earp and members of a loosely organized group of outlaws called the Cowboys that occurred at about 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26, 1881, in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, United States.It is generally regarded as the most famous shootout in the history of the American Old West. So, of course, for lvaro, if the news came from. Camila: About 40 thousand dollars. Daniel: In other words, pay for the book. It was in Uruguay. A lot of people found that absurd. It was like if delivering the book was matter of life or death. lvaro: So, do you want to see the book? Im calling David. Someone who steals millions and millions of dollars gets eight years in prison and someone who steals a book by Gabo gets 20. Like saying that lvaro had stolen it himself, which seemed like the meanest possible thing to me. I spoke with an appraiser who told me that the book couldnt have sold for more than 10 thousand dollars, 12 thousand at most. No, he donated several other things. Camila: That first edition of One Hundred Years wasnt the only one that lvaro had acquired in his life. And he opened the box and there was the book. Camila: That youre not going to go where they steal your socks with your shoes still on. They were like CSI or something. Supervisor: When they get out to run, they hear gunfire. pockmarked (adjective) covered or disfigured with pitted scars or marks on the skin left by pustules or pimples. In that part of the city-center, there are several blocks filled with stands that for years have been selling books, mostly used books. Camila: Just then the squad car arrived to pick up lvaro. Avatar: Calea Apei era in desfasurare la 20th Century Fox inainte ca Disney sa-l cumpere. Almost impossible. They took all of the books out of the display case and started packing them up. That was the version I heard, the version that was in the press. , by Gabriel Garca Mrquez, was stolen at the Bogot International Book Fair. I met with him on that day at the door of the library. Daniel: But the chief of police gave a different figure. Did they close the case? And David Roa was the one who asked lvaro to loan him all of those books. Daniel: But that was on Sunday, right? More info atlupa.app. The right thing to do was to call him and tell him myself because I was the person he had loaned the books to. I told them about the story I was doing and that I wanted to interview the lieutenant. In Mexico City ("with only a hundred dollars in my pockets"), he began slowly, and with great difficulty, a new career as a screen writer. But instead he was very controlled. Those were tears of joy. So, do you want to see the book? They said they had found out that someone had the book and that this person had set up a meeting with a possible buyer. Columbia University awards him an honorary doctoral degree. lvaro: Well, sure, so they can say something, you know? Faced with this awesome reality that must have seemed a mere utopia through all of human time, we, the inventors of tales, who will believe anything, feel entitled to believe that it is not yet too late to engage in the creation of the opposite utopia.". There they took their statements. 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.. While Edgar was searching people, Luca knew that she had to call someone, but she thought: Luca: I cant tell lvaro myself. Edgar: I thought a lot of people looked suspicious. Hey man, you heard anything? No, man.. That robbery. Which means the news wouldnt come out for another seven days. I hope you find the book. And I started to cry. "The first line almost knocked me off the bed," Garcia Marquez said in a 1981 interview with The Paris Review. Edgar: Under regular security procedure, they shouldve informed the police. Four in Cuba, two in Colombia and this one in Uruguay. from your Reading List will also remove any Camila: Edgar thought that someone who worked there had taken it but Luca explained that lvaro was the only one with the key. So that Saturday afternoon Luca was helping at the cash registers when a friend came to visit her and asked her who had the keys to the display cases. It was wrong. They radioed the poor police officer. Those who stole the work can suffer penalties ranging from 6 to 20 years, as well as those who commit the crime of handling stolen goods, meaning, buying this stolen good, could get 4 to 12 years in jail. A first edition copy of One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel Garca Mrquez, was stolen at the Bogot International Book Fair. No, wait, Camila, youre speaking Colombian. Camila: No, of course not. And what about that figure, that they were going to sell it for 120 million or something like that? . It was translated into English by Gregory Rabassa, a winner of the National Book Award for his translation of Julio Cortzar's Hopscotch. Camila: Exactly. It was around eight at night by the time he went to Macondo to get his books. Now, however, he corrects line by line as he works. Edgar and the guard stood at the exit of the Pavilion and told everyone who tried to leave. Today it is in the collections section, along with the other more valuable books in the National Library. 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. But basically what you need to understand is that SIJIN is local and is dependent on the DIJIN, which is national. Like great, now what? He said that they had found the book in a box in the neighborhood La Perseverancia, in downtown Bogot. This very same box. Edgar: I ran to the door and told the security guards that from that moment on no one could leave without being searched. Their number? I dont know, those guys came to sell the book but they are asking for a lot.. Discuss the best option with your vet; Its called NPR One and it offers the best from public radio and beyond. by Jonathan Rosenbaum October 26, 1985. Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulantes stories. In his Nobel lecture in Stockholm, he declared: "This, my friends, is the very scale of our solitude . He picked up his satchel and left. Major, but the book that was stolen at the last Book Fair? Camila: Yes. Supervisor: They told us: Alright, listen up. Then the guy abandoned the book and they retrieved it at a store. Realized it was a trick. Edgar: And I would tell them A first edition of One Hundred Years of Solitude is missing.. 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. When they left the interrogation it was practically nighttime. Daniel: And how many people did they search? So everyone who went into the pavilion would see the bookstore. Palomino spoke first. Previous During all this, David wasnt at the fair. Directed by. So they started to cause a kind of traffic jam. Camila Segura: It starts with a call from David Roa to lvaro Castillo. Yes. lvaro: Were going to send a squad car for you.. Because that creates insecurity. Book Quotes "There are no thieves in this city #juice" Other books like "There are no thieves in this city #juice" Home Manufacture and Use of Unfermented Grape Juice. In other words, to a valuable book, to a media scandal. One of them is The Golden Cock. I mean what am I going to do? And I turned around and saw that the book was missing. Camila: So he thought from now until I get to my house and send the email I will have lost a whole day. Dozens of national and international media outlets continued to call lvaro and David. The lieutenants desk was the same as the others. The major calls the press chief and tells her the whole story. They hired two security guards who were only tasked with watching the bookstore, and on top of that, they agreed that one person on their staff would be at the cases at all times. How can that be? But the chief of police gave a different figure. 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. 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. And I started at the most obvious place: The National Police. They look at #5. She told him that she was going to write the story herself and send it to eltiempo.com. We didnt get into the details of how it happened. 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