It was rush hour on a Friday and the traffic was really backed up. Camila: Exactly. Camila: By Monday, this was already the story of the day in all of the newspapers, broadcasts and news bulletins. There are some details that certainly, for now. Having found the book in record time was a victory for the police: only six days after the report was filed. The people in charge of investigating crimes in Bogot. Camila: About 40 thousand dollars. 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. lvaro went back to his house. Thats the director of the Association of Independent Booksellers, right? Camila: Everyones spirits were as low as they could be. The assistant of General Palomino, the chief of police, was calling him. A first edition copy of. And when I turned my head and looked, I saw a first edition of. In 1970, 100 Hundred Years of Solitude was published in English by Harper & Row. Before we go back to our story I want to tell you about another NPR podcast, one about music, called Alt.Latino. And what did he say about recovering the book? I dont know I dont know anything. lvaro: He said, I cant believe it. How? I mean, a lot of years are going to go by but the case isnt going to close. Listen: Supervisor: So, if you want to buy a book and you know that on the intersection of streets 10 and 13 youll get your socks stolen with your shoes still on, well youre going to turn around, do you understand? Perhaps the greatest. There they took their statements. Smoke Rings (2k16 version) [Bonus] There Are No Thieves In This Town. We are calling from who knows where, who knows where. They called me from Mexico, Argentina, Europe, France, Spain. The SIJIN is right in the middle of downtown Bogot. Start studying There Are No Thieves in THIS Town, No One Writes to the Colonel Set 3, pp. At 8 a.m., his 11-year-old son interrupts Aurelio's work to tell him that the mayor is there and wants his tooth pulled. Camila: Yes. And they decided to act. That was the first year the invited country was a fictional place: Macondo. In January of 1965, while driving from Mexico City to Acapulco, he began plans for 100 Hundred Years of Solitude. So the case with the book was clearly recommended. Welcome to Radio Ambulante, from NPR. Someone who steals millions and millions of dollars gets eight years in prison and someone who steals a book by Gabo gets 20. I answered, Hello?. My guide introduced me to another officer but neither of them knew why I was there. But they didnt. He held a press conference just to talk about the incident. It will only close the moment someone is captured. Avatar: Calea Apei era in desfasurare la 20th Century Fox inainte ca Disney sa-l cumpere. Yes, it is massive. Edgar: To open their bags. Juan Vicente Valbuena: The Attorney General considers the theft of Gabriel Garca Mrquez work a serious attack on our cultural heritage. It seems like there was some kind of agreement to turn over the book, and thats that. They hadnt filed a complaint. Garcia Marquez has left us but, thankfully, his work remains. To get there, head to the Village of Outcasts in A film adaptation of "There Are No Thieves in This Town" is released. But I dont think the bit about the price is so important. Dont miss out on an interactive map that shows the books journey throughout Latin America: EDITED BYDaniel Alarcn, Silvia Vias y Martina Castro, SOUND DESIGN BYAndrs Azpiri y Camila Segura, Our ninth season is just one week away! They live in a small rented room near the center of town. Completely empty. Daniel: We will come back after a small break. About 40 thousand dollars.
The day-to-day life of the colonel, which doesn't amount to much, is handled with the precise detail of a painter. Camila: Edgar was at the other end of the store and he rushed to where Luca was. lvaro still didnt tell anyone anything. The books had cards with bibliographic information. 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?. However no one will believe Damaso at this point. They were about to close the fair and the police never arrived. The officers took me to a major and then I retold the whole story: about Radio Ambulante, the theft, the authorization. Download our mobile app now. Camila: And, well, we already know how that call went. He felt like everyone at the bookstore was looking at him with an expression of, lvaro: Like shame, disbelief, alarm, fear. What are you trying to find?. I answered, Hello?. And as soon as I got there Luca told me weve been robbed. Around that time, two people from the pavilions logistics team arrived. Collection efficiency is aggravated by poor route planning, narrow road . Gabriel Garcia Marquez and I have a few things in common: We both discovered Kafka while studying in Bogot, and we both knew we wanted to write forever after borrowing copies of The Metamorphosis. I got there to see what was going on. So I started to feel really really bad. And when David told him that, lvaro. They didnt give lvaro a lot of details either. What are you trying to find?. lvaro wanted it that way, as an official public act. He was at en event at his bookstore when he found out the news was everywhere.
So the case with the book was clearly recommended. So he thought from now until I get to my house and send the email I will have lost a whole day. 64. Did you know NPR has an app? So he thought that maybe if they searched people they could find it. And well, Im telling you all this, Daniel, because I sat there for almost two hours and I couldnt believe how much bureaucracy I had to deal with. Sort of. Our heads were down. Camila: They say that they are meeting on a foot bridge near the neighborhood. From what I understand, it isnt open because they arent looking for the culprits, but it isnt closed because they havent found them. So, of course, for lvaro, if the news came from La Lucirnaga it had to be a joke.
And that proves to us that Colombians, like Garca Mrquez says, are capable of the worst as well as the best. During this period almost six years he wrote only one short story. to doze (verb) to sleep lightly. Commissioners recently approved the purchase of a property at 7992 Soquel Drive in Aptos near the Aptos Village Square shopping center. lvaro wanted it that way, as an official public act. It may be from here, but I dont really care.. We started driving all over the place. 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. What a country. 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. 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.
All he managed to think was, I dont want more books from the collection to get stolen. So he asked Luca to remove all of lvaros books and store them in a safe place. Undetermined. That Monday was the last day of the fair. Gabriel Garca Mrquez Biography, Next There was a very diligent group of police. Camila: Eight police officers went. And well, the fair ended on Monday and.. Camila: Everything was going back to normal. Camila: Not knowing what he was going to do, Edgar put the box in storage and ordered that no one touch it. And Ill explain a little: David was in charge of the Macondo stall at the Bogot Book Fair. This very same box. We went up to the directors office and he showed me the eight boxes of first editions, the other books, magazines and newspaper clippings he was going to donate. Daniel: But that was on Sunday, right? Until Friday, around two in the afternoon, he went back to one of the bookstores on the intersection of streets 10 and 13. Memory Changes. This very same box. I went out right away, I stood in front of the display case and shouted Edgar!. It was the second time I cried. They questioned and doubted everything I said. It was an expression like I dont understand whats happening.. And finally, the vendor. No, wait, Camila, youre speaking Colombian. 76-106. David: Because the whole thing started to break down. "Fascinated by his huge size and his beauty, the women then decided to make him some pants from a large piece of sail." The weekend went by and lvaro was still getting calls for interviews. The books on display. I asked the supervisor if that meant they werent looking for the culprits anymore. THERE ARE NO THIEVES IN THIS VILLAGE En este pueblo no hay ladrones. It was wrong. Happy and absolutely incredulous. Yes. Gautibonza, the chief of police for Bogot, told him that when they found out about the robbery. rotund (adjective) (of a person) plump; having a full rounded shape. Edgar: I ran to the door and told the security guards that from that moment on no one could leave without being searched. He barely slept at all that night. Having found the book in record time was a victory for the police: only six days after the report was filed. The music is by Luis Maurette. And the protocol goes on and on. And no one has been able to explain where that number came from. This novella about a hapless colonel eagerly awaiting his pension is far from the magical realism Garcia Marquez became so popular for. The original title of the novel had been Este Pueblo de Mrida (The Town of Dung). Youre crazy, what are you thinking?!. Camila: He went into a tiny bookstore and asked for the Latin American literature section. story of the day in all of the newspapers, broadcasts and news bulletins. Camila: It will only close the moment someone is captured. And my phone started ringing. And on top of that the Telfono Rosa comes out once a week. News, local stories, and your favorite podcasts. Edit. , by Gabriel Garca Mrquez, was stolen at the Bogot International Book Fair. During this period almost six years he wrote only one short story. Two booksellers from Bogot. . The story is all over the world., And some rather discouraging news is coming to us from the culture page. 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. Stream ad-free with Amazon Music Unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. So everyone who went into the pavilion would see the bookstore. 174 times the minimum wage, enough to buy, I dont know, a small apartment in the southern part of Bogot.
And I dont want to tell him, but I have to. I was almost expecting him to start cursing and shouting and get violent. You won't find any mention of levitation or flying carpets or crocodile children. I told him, I dont want to talk right now and I hung up. Camila: Ill explain: El Tiempo is one of the most important newspapers in the country and Telfono Rosa is a news section or rather, a gossip section about celebrities in Colombia that comes out once a week, every Sunday. According to the supervisor, they didnt catch them. He tweets at @itsjuanlove. But made-up people and stories are featured on the show to make fun of whats going on in the country. So it occurred to him to call a journalist friend who worked at. One of his stories, "There are No Thieves in This Town," was filmed by an experimental group for presentation at the 1965 Locarno Film Festival. But instead he was very controlled. lvaro left Macondo and went to his stand. In This Town There Are No Thieves. But what caught my attention was that there were slightly different versions of where the book had been found. The book wins the Primera Plana prize in Argentina on June 20. Damaso stop the wrong persecution. See more Details Edit Release date September 9, 1965 (Mexico) Country of origin Mexico Language Spanish Also known as There Are No Thieves in This Village Production company Grupo Claudio How long were they at it? But at one point David decided to stop giving interviews. and any corresponding bookmarks?
This book belongs to my country and Im going to donate it to the Colombian National Library because from the moment that most Colombians showed their scorn for this act, it became part of everyones heritage. Now, however, he corrects line by line as he works. Taking out the cards, like they were shit to me, and leaving them on the desk. Edgar: Under regular security procedure, they shouldve informed the police. 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. Edgar: Show me any old book you see. And sometimes he would show me books and I would have to say man, thats a new book. While he urinates, she opens the package to find three billiard balls. Radio Ambulante tells the stories of Latin America. And she said the worst like 80 times. "Diary of a Shipwrecked Sailor. Paint is peeling off the walls and sometimes you get the feeling that the building is abandoned. Dont move, dont move, theyre shooting.. Camila: The lieutenants desk was the same as the others. The other staff at the Macondo store, the ones who were always there. Then he wrote the facts: when it was stolen and recovered, and it ends with this: Today, May 14th 2015, I am handing it over to the National Library of Colombia so that it may remain there and serve as a symbol of gratitude for all Colombians. I was laughing at that point. Edgar: He stopped in front of the display, saw that the book was missing and put his hands on his head. Thanks for listening. This is the vice-attorney general at the time, Juan Vicente Valbuena. And that year the fair had a record number of visitors. Well, I tried everything to find out where Palomino got that 40 thousand dollar figure, but I didnt get an answer. More than double what the supervisor told me. Not even me. "Diary of a Shipwrecked Sailor. Luca: The media came first, then the police. And lvaro told him: That the book was priceless but the ACLI had to answer for this. Which is to say, it would be nice if all of the cases the police handled where recommended cases and they were just as efficient when they deal with the robbery of an average, ordinary citizen. Of course, at that moment they arent going to stop any petty thief whos shoplifting new books.
And they indicated to us more or less where the guys were going to meet. Camila: Sort of. But at the time no one thought it was a shoddy lock. He called his mom but she didnt answer. Daniel: And at this point what is David doing? I met him and he gave me the nickname libroviejero [man with the old books]. Others, including the supervisor, realize that something had dropped to the ground: a box. Daniel: Thats the director of the Association of Independent Booksellers, right? 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. I dont know what kind of expression I had because I couldnt see it, but I know it didnt look like I was angry. Daniel: And where is the book today, Camila? On social media you could read things like: User 1: Thats why this country is backwards. Very hard. Camila: Yes, 120 million. In April of this year, 2016, almost a year after his book was recovered, lvaro got some news from the attorney generals office. Heres the book. And the guys? I dont know. by Gabriel Garca Mrquez. Today it is in the collections section, along with the other more valuable books in the National Library. Its unbelievable. Find Alt.Latino on the NPR One app and at npr.org/podcasts, Hi, Im Daniel Alarcn. Camila: No, he donated several other things. City of Thieves. And he began writing the work, which he says he had been brooding over since he was sixteen.
And they decided to infiltrate the black market, where this was being discussed. And later he said no, librovejero as in ropavejero [book peddler, as in junk peddler]. But at the time no one thought it was a shoddy lock. Were very, Theres a superhero in Argentina. When I try to buy this book theyre going to realize its a first edition.. It concerns as the titles suggests a large man who drowns, then washes up on the beach of a small village. She awakens and he puts a small bundle in her lap while he goes to the bathroom. They said that the file on the robbery had been placed in whats called a provisional file. 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. EDITED BYDaniel Alarcn, Silvia Vias y Martina Castro, SOUND DESIGN BYAndrs Azpiri y Camila Segura, The San Juan de Dios hospital was closed to the. In other words, she didnt follow Davids instructions? 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. He said that they had found the book in a box in the neighborhood La Perseverancia, in downtown Bogot. Camila Segura is the senior editor at Radio Ambulante. He told me that every Monday morning, the nearly 1,300 men in the SIJIN gather in a square downtown and do what he calls a developments check, in other words, they are updated on that weeks investigations. Before the break, Camila was telling us about the robbery of a signed first edition of One Hundred Years of Solitude at the Book Fair in Bogot. lvaro: I would rather have that responsibility and not leave other people in charge of it.
One of his stories, "There are No Thieves in This Town," was filmed by an experimental group for presentation at the 1965 Locarno Film Festival. Those were tears of joy. Camila: The officers jump out of the cars, and he tells me that there were four or five guys there when the police came and they started running. If Luca is calling me, its because its important. Camila: Edgar figures around 300 people or thereabouts. I spoke with press chiefs, commanders and lieutenants. His friend asked him to tell her everything in detail. Camila: La Lucirnaga is a radio show where they talk about national news.
lvaro spoke briefly and finally gave the donation. And what about that figure, that they were going to sell it for 120 million or something like that? Yeah, I know. Palomino spoke first. That day around noon his friend called him back. Some of them told me that they had already said what they could about the issue. They even had to accompany her outside, so she could cry out there. "I didn't know anyone was allowed to write things like that. It drew universal critical acclaim and won the Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger in France in 1969; that same year it also won Italy's coveted literary award, the Premio Chianciano. But the supervisor put it better. This story is about a thief named Damaso. Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulantes stories. Well, as far as I know, the only book by Garca Mrquez that was stolen was that one. So much so that he didnt even ask Luca for many details. We showed up and they said, listen, there was a guy here who was interested but hes going to go to Preservencia to buy it there because those guys are pissed off and dont want to come over here because they know the book is a touchy subject.. But that was on Sunday, right? He wanted the whole thing to be over, so early that week he called Consuelo Gaitn, the director of the National Library, and told her: lvaro: Please, I want to make this donation really, really quickly. It involves a poor, unlicensed dentist, Aurelio Escovar, who is called upon by the village mayor to remove an infected tooth. "It was a very bad time for me," he has confessed, "a suffocating time. The dentist informs the mayor that the tooth must be removed using hot forceps and no anesthesia. He had a huge headache. Camila: That youre not going to go where they steal your socks with your shoes still on. They radioed the poor police officer. 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. I looked at the display case and the lock was missing. Camila: Good morning. Thank you for listening to Radio Ambulante. He picked up his satchel and left. When asked where the bill should be sent, to him or to the town, the mayor replies: "It's the same damn thing.".
I dont know what kind of expression I had because I couldnt see it, but I know it didnt look like I was angry. Daniel: In other words, she didnt follow Davids instructions? It was translated into English by Gregory Rabassa, a winner of the National Book Award for his translation of Julio Cortzar's Hopscotch. And Im Camila Segura.
Then I opened it to the page with the inscription and said, yes, this is my book, and I started to cry. It was around 8:30, 9:00 in the morning. The major calls the press chief and tells her the whole story. But if they do capture someone, then it will close. Others said they couldnt speak because they believed they were about to catch the group that had stolen the book. No, of course not. Everything was very strange. Each stroke, each seemingly monotonous rant, is intentional and gives strength to the whole. Edgar and the guard stood at the exit of the Pavilion and told everyone who tried to leave. in spite of this, to oppression, plundering and abandonment, we respond with life. Camila: Well, not quite. We investigate all kinds of crimes dealing with kidnapping and theft in all its forms. I dont know I dont know anything. And later he said no, librovejero as in ropavejero [book peddler, as in junk peddler]. They described them as a young olive-skinned man who was about 1.6 meters tall [about 53] and a young blonde woman. Edgar: Our heads were down. So he had to split his time between that stand and the Macondo stand, and there he had to interact with thousands of visitors, telling them in great detail about all of the books in his collection. That kind of case doesnt close. Camila: 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. Interviews with cultural icons like Rita Moreno and Carlos Santana as well as contemporary vanguards like Calle 13 or author Junot Diaz. And well I I was already freaking out. I told them about the story I was doing and that I wanted to interview the lieutenant. Reading that little novel an exercise in the seemingly endless possibilities of fiction proved to be a transformative experience for both of us. bookmarked pages associated with this title. Camila: Ok, so lvaro bought this book in 2006. At other times he worked as an editor and once did publicity for the J. Walter Thompson office in Mexico City. Solid waste management represents a challenge for municipalities, particularly at the collection stage. Realized it was a trick. And when he got to the stand. I made calls almost every week. This is what he told me: No, the investigation is still ongoing.
Others, including the supervisor, realize that something had dropped to the ground: a box. They were about to close the fair and the police never arrived. Exactly. In April of this year, 2016, almost a year after his book was recovered, lvaro got some news from the attorney generals office. And David Roa was the one who asked lvaro to loan him all of those books. Its shrink-wrapped No, not that one. Not at all. Then the guy abandoned the book and they retrieved it at a store. And the protocol goes on and on. Nobody. And lvaro was a secondhand book collector.
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]. Find Alt.Latino on the NPR One app and at npr.org/podcasts. alternative approach to traditional music. Camila: They described them as a young olive-skinned man who was about 1.6 meters tall [about 53] and a young blonde woman. And it was the first time the ACLI was in charge of the bookstore at the fair.
But on Friday, six days after the robbery, lvaro was in his bookstore, working, when a friend called him and said: Its just that my dad heard it did. He brought a satchel to carry the books, since he thought if he left with the box people would say he was the thief. I didnt even open the display case. Camila: Edgar thought that not much time had passed between when they had been robbed and when they noticed. Ok, so lvaro bought this book in 2006. Camila: In other words, people who sell things with dubious origins. That was the phrase the supervisor used. Previous The last few sentences are more than telling. Im Daniel Alarcn. Were talking about a lot of money.