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Blacamán el bueno, vendedor de milagros
Short story by Gabriel García Márquez
- GenresFictionShort Stories
15 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1968
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Gabriel García Márquez
980 books41.4k followersGabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. García Márquez, familiarly known as "Gabo" in his native country, was considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century. In 1982, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
He studied at the University of Bogotá and later worked as a reporter for the Colombian newspaper El Espectador and as a foreign correspondent in Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Caracas, and New York. He wrote many acclaimed non-fiction works and short stories, but is best-known for his novels, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985). His works have achieved significant critical acclaim and widespread commercial success, most notably for popularizing a literary style labeled as magical realism, which uses magical elements and events in order to explain real experiences. Some of his works are set in a fictional village called Macondo, and most of them express the theme of solitude.
Having previously written shorter fiction and screenplays, García Márquez sequestered himself away in his Mexico City home for an extended period of time to complete his novel Cien años de soledad, or One Hundred Years of Solitude, published in 1967. The author drew international acclaim for the work, which ultimately sold tens of millions of copies worldwide. García Márquez is credited with helping introduce an array of readers to magical realism, a genre that combines more conventional storytelling forms with vivid, layers of fantasy.
Another one of his novels, El amor en los tiempos del cólera (1985), or Love in the Time of Cholera, drew a large global audience as well. The work was partially based on his parents' courtship and was adapted into a 2007 film starring Javier Bardem. García Márquez wrote seven novels during his life, with additional titles that include El general en su laberinto (1989), or The General in His Labyrinth, and Del amor y otros demonios (1994), or Of Love and Other Demons.
(Arabic: جابرييل جارسيا ماركيز) (Hebrew: גבריאל גארסיה מרקס) (Ukrainian: Ґабріель Ґарсія Маркес) (Belarussian: Габрыель Гарсія Маркес) (Russian: Габриэль Гарсия Маркес)
He studied at the University of Bogotá and later worked as a reporter for the Colombian newspaper El Espectador and as a foreign correspondent in Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Caracas, and New York. He wrote many acclaimed non-fiction works and short stories, but is best-known for his novels, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985). His works have achieved significant critical acclaim and widespread commercial success, most notably for popularizing a literary style labeled as magical realism, which uses magical elements and events in order to explain real experiences. Some of his works are set in a fictional village called Macondo, and most of them express the theme of solitude.
Having previously written shorter fiction and screenplays, García Márquez sequestered himself away in his Mexico City home for an extended period of time to complete his novel Cien años de soledad, or One Hundred Years of Solitude, published in 1967. The author drew international acclaim for the work, which ultimately sold tens of millions of copies worldwide. García Márquez is credited with helping introduce an array of readers to magical realism, a genre that combines more conventional storytelling forms with vivid, layers of fantasy.
Another one of his novels, El amor en los tiempos del cólera (1985), or Love in the Time of Cholera, drew a large global audience as well. The work was partially based on his parents' courtship and was adapted into a 2007 film starring Javier Bardem. García Márquez wrote seven novels during his life, with additional titles that include El general en su laberinto (1989), or The General in His Labyrinth, and Del amor y otros demonios (1994), or Of Love and Other Demons.
(Arabic: جابرييل جارسيا ماركيز) (Hebrew: גבריאל גארסיה מרקס) (Ukrainian: Ґабріель Ґарсія Маркес) (Belarussian: Габрыель Гарсія Маркес) (Russian: Габриэль Гарсия Маркес)
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July 9, 2019
De todos los relatos cortos que leí de este escritor, Blacamán el bueno es el relato con el final más impactante; te deja con ganas de más.
“Me preguntó de mala índole quién eres tú, y yo le contesté que era el único huérfano de padre y madre a quien todavía no se le había muerto el papá, y él soltó unas carcajadas más estrepitosas que las del veneno y me preguntó después qué haces en la vida, y yo le contesté que no hacía nada más que estar vivo porque todo lo demás no valía la pena.”
“Me preguntó de mala índole quién eres tú, y yo le contesté que era el único huérfano de padre y madre a quien todavía no se le había muerto el papá, y él soltó unas carcajadas más estrepitosas que las del veneno y me preguntó después qué haces en la vida, y yo le contesté que no hacía nada más que estar vivo porque todo lo demás no valía la pena.”
August 12, 2025
Lazarillo de Tormes core
escribió Lázaro:
"Desde aquella hora quise mal al mal ciego, y, aunque me quería y regalaba y me curaba, bien vi que se había olgado del cruel castigo"; escribe Blacamán el Bueno: "Ahí fue donde se echó a perder el poco cariño que le te-
nía".
escribió Lázaro:
"Desde aquella hora quise mal al mal ciego, y, aunque me quería y regalaba y me curaba, bien vi que se había olgado del cruel castigo"; escribe Blacamán el Bueno: "Ahí fue donde se echó a perder el poco cariño que le te-
nía".
December 30, 2018
Una jocosa historia con final como solo Gabo es capaz de terminar un cuento. Se respira el caribe colombiano en cada página de este cuento, un tanto escabroso.
March 31, 2019
“...dejándolas como alucinadas con mi retórica de diccionario...” Hay que morirse de risa por qué la vida es un cuento tan mágico como éste.
February 4, 2020
Cuento cortito pero con un gran sabor de boca. Simplemente precioso y la prosa de Márquez es una delicia
February 8, 2020
Me encanta ir viendo cómo grandes autores imitan a los clásicos y más si viene de alguien tan grande como García Márquez.
May 23, 2020
Magisk realism.
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March 21, 2023Rambling but still interesting in its formulaic text.
June 24, 2023
what the heck
October 2, 2023
No me enganché tanto pero el final me explotó la cabeza
February 8, 2024
q risa con el final
November 10, 2019
De todos los relatos cortos que leí de este autor, Blacamán el bueno es el relato con el final más impactante; te deja con ganas de más. “Me preguntó de mala índole quién eres tú, y yo le contesté que era el único huérfano de padre y madre a quien todavía no se le había muerto el papá, y el soltó unas carcajadas más estrepitosas que las del veneno y me preguntó después qué haces en la vida, y yo le contesté que no hacía nada más que estar vivo porque todo lo demás no valía la pena.”
January 9, 2016
Me encantó esta corta historia. Una de mis favoritas de Gabriel García Marquez.
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