The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World

Garcia Marquez, advised by numerous to be Colombia's foremost author, has profited much of his acknowledgement by composing tales that function on a mythical, nearly allegorical, level. In this magical short article by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the inhabitants of a town change after finding the body of a dead man on their shore. The villagers title this corpse Esteban, and through their empathy with it, appreciate the limitations of their own inhabits, and are therefore motivated to advance their selves. Through Esteban, they find harmony and become more than a town, a community. Marquez is ...