The Woman Who Came at Six o'Clock

by Gabriel García Márquez

A famous short story

Genres: Short Stories

Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1950

About the author

Gabriel 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)

Reviews

[Federico DN · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good.

This was good, but not going to review it.

For the moment at least.

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PERSONAL NOTE :
[1950] [20p] [Fiction] [2.5] [Not Recommendable]
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★★★★☆ Chronicle of a Death Foretold.
★★★★☆ Of Love and Other Demons. [3.5]
★★★☆☆ The Autumn of the Patriarch. [3.5]
★★★☆☆ The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor.
★★☆☆☆ No One Writes to the Colonel. [2.5]
★★☆☆☆ Strange Pilgrims: Twelve Stories.
★☆☆☆☆ Innocent Erendira and Other Stories. [1.5] <--

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Bien.

Esto estuvo bien, pero no voy a reseñarlo.

Al menos por ahora.

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NOTA PERSONAL :
[1950] [20p] [Ficción] [2.5] [No Recomendable]
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[Lacivard Mammadova · Rating 3 out of 5]

Tipik Markes hekayələri. Pis deyildi. Sonda tərcümə və tərcüməçilik barədə məlumat verən kitab üçün yaxşı tərcümə gözləyirdim düzü. Bizdə çox hərfi tərcümə olanda yaxşı qarşılanmır, çünki söhbət kitabdan gedirsə, bədiilik də olmalıdır. Məzmuna uyğun küçə dilinə çevirmək də düzgün deyil. Bu tərcümə ki var, çox qəliz məsələdir, həmdəki vacib.

[Neha · Rating 4 out of 5]

It was nice, well written, with an interesting premise, but it wasn’t moving or impactful enough for me. I’m not sure exactly what was missing, but I know something was.

[Lia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Que cuestionables las relaciones (o no relaciones) aquí. De todo lo que he leído de Márquez, esto es lo que más me ha gustado.

[Melika.J · Rating 4 out of 5]

I don’t know if i got it wrong but the story refers to the “madonna - whore complex” and the woman has fallen apart between the customers who didn’t respect you and josè who didn’t even dare to have sex with her and he can just offer her FREE meal. So at the end the confusion of her alter the murder…
i am not sure why she wanted more time by the way

[Namrata Mistry · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't think the plot twist was powerful enough to make me gasp or leave me with incessant thoughts. Halfway through the read, you pretty much work out where this is headed, and you're left with little to no surprise.

[Rut · Rating 3 out of 5]

Touching. Interesting, how the characters never speak plainly Yet, it's all there, in the dialogue. You get it. You feel it. You can picture everything. The context, their background, and even the future of the characters, with so little said about them.

[finisimaaaaaaaa · Rating 3 out of 5]

los personajes de gabriel garcía márquez tienen ese “no sé qué”

[Sofía Morales · Rating 5 out of 5]

Calificación: latte frío
Simplemente maravilloso

[Ariana Vilela · Rating 3 out of 5]

Resumen del cuento: ¿Me da un bistec?

[Alejandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

es un buen cuento para pasar el rato, de ahí en fuera no me cautivó como esperaba

[Sorkunde · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fascinante cuento del maestro colombiano con elementos de misterio, sensualidad y opresión.

[Pat Cipriano · Rating 4 out of 5]

Creo que el final es demasiado abierto y no sé a ciencia cierta si lo que creo que pasa es lo que es pero fue bastante entretenido y triste.

[Anjali Bala · Rating 2 out of 5]

 I'm going ‘‘where there aren’t any men who want to sleep with somebody.’’

[Sofía · Rating 3 out of 5]

not my favourite márquez story but it is another story for SPA258

read again because i have my final exam on Wednesday! yippee