一个海难幸存者的故事

Eight seamen on the warship are drawn into the sea by a stormy wave and after four days' searching, the eight missing persons are declared to be dead. However, a week later, one of them miraculously appears on an unfrequented beach. He has spent ten days on a raft floating on the sea without any food and drinks and finally returned alive after landing. Garcia Marques makes a 20-day interview of this survivor and serializes it on the newspaper at the same time. This gripping report makes a sensation throughout the country at once, and the readers wait at the door of the newspaper office every day. Because of disclosing the truth of the marine perils, the authorities are annoyed. The newspaper office has to close and Marques has to exile overseas, too. Not until 15 years later can this story be published. This book is recognized as an excellent model of non-fiction literary works.