Camila: Not knowing what he was going to do, Edgar put the box in storage and ordered that no one touch it. Supervisor: They told us: Alright, listen up. But at one point David decided to stop giving interviews. The books on display. 76-106. The books had cards with bibliographic information. Faced with this awesome reality that must have seemed a mere utopia through all of human time, we, the inventors of tales, who will believe anything, feel entitled to believe that it is not yet too late to engage in the creation of the opposite utopia.". Well, I tried everything to find out where Palomino got that 40 thousand dollar figure, but I didnt get an answer. He held a press conference just to talk about the incident. I followed people who walked past me up to the door before they could leave and I asked them to open their bags. The story is all over the world.. For us those are recommended cases. based on a story by Juan Rulfo. lvaro: And in Montevideo I really like to walk down a street called Calle Tristn Narvaja, which is a street that is full of secondhand bookstores. That kind of case doesnt close. And well, the fair ended on Monday and.. Camila: Everything was going back to normal. The dentist informs the mayor that the tooth must be removed using hot forceps and no anesthesia. Camila: And of course, the business owners dont want their clients to get robbed. But at the time no one thought it was a shoddy lock. I wasnt friends with Garca Mrquez. Almost impossible. It really has more to do with Colombia than with Garca Mrquez or any stolen first edition. Well, he hadnt set foot in the fair since the robbery. by Gabriel Garca Mrquez. Camila: Very hard. Yes, it will close. What is really important and what I take away from all this extends beyond the book. Camila: The assistant of General Palomino, the chief of police, was calling him. Interviews with cultural icons like Rita Moreno and Carlos Santana as well as contemporary vanguards like Calle 13 or author Junot Diaz. 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. Find us on NPR One in your app store. On social media you could read things like: User 1: Thats why this country is backwards. Supervisor: When they get out to run, they hear gunfire. That there must have been some boss yelling at someone: this has to be found because its getting found. Then someone did something. It seems like there was some kind of agreement to turn over the book, and thats that. And I said yes, I am. And the boy gave me a hug and said, Im so sorry. Camila: La Lucirnaga is a radio show where they talk about national news. They hired two security guards who were only tasked with watching the bookstore, and on top of that, they agreed that one person on their staff would be at the cases at all times. Im an investigator with SIJINs anti-theft group. They even had to accompany her outside, so she could cry out there. Some of them told me that they had already said what they could about the issue. Camila: They, meaning fair security. Perhaps the greatest. He heard the news on La Lucirnaga. I told him, no, if its on La Lucirnaga theyre just messing with people.. The books on display. And this supervisor spends his time walking through downtown Bogot because thats where most robberies happen. The inscription says: To lvaro Castillo, the book peddler, like yesterday and as always, from your friend Gabriel. Overview; View 1 Edition Details; Reviews Lists; Related Books; Publish Date. "It was a very bad time for me," he has confessed, "a suffocating time. Exactly. So a senator is robbed, a minister is robbed, someone steals I dont know, the cellphone of a private secretary at the ministry. To get there, head to the Village of Outcasts in A film adaptation of "There Are No Thieves in This Town" is released. The worst. Then I opened it to the page with the inscription and said, yes, this is my book, and I started to cry. They were about to close the fair and the police never arrived. If they had bags from another store, we asked them to open them. lvaro: I said, this is really funny. Daniel Alarcn: Did you know NPR has an app? More than double what the supervisor told me. Where did that number come from? 20 years in prison for stealing a book? I spoke with an appraiser who told me that the book couldnt have sold for more than 10 thousand dollars, 12 thousand at most. So, of course, for lvaro, if the news came from La Lucirnaga it had to be a joke. It was around eight at night by the time he went to Macondo to get his books. At some point various men from security arrived along with the manager of the pavilion. But if they do capture someone, then it will close. So I didnt take them out. But I dont think the bit about the price is so important. So much so that he didnt even ask Luca for many details. Memory Changes. There are No Thieves in This Town. For instance, people started coming up with really crazy and sometimes very disrespectful theories. Yeah, I know. Camila: Because he got him old books. The inscription says: To lvaro Castillo, the book peddler, like yesterday and as always, from your friend Gabriel. what happened?. But that was on Sunday, right? 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. He dates his interest in writing to an impulse to draw comics as a child. Lupa is our new app for Spanish learners who want to study with Radio Ambulantes stories. Thats a bit excessive, dont you think? I mean, we must be certain of that. It was in Uruguay. Supervisor: And they came with four or five motorcycles. Heres the book. And the guys? I dont know. In Mexico City ("with only a hundred dollars in my pockets"), he began slowly, and with great difficulty, a new career as a screen writer. lvaro left Macondo and went to his stand. 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? Camila: The lieutenants desk was the same as the others. And many of his short stories and novellas those brief yet dynamic interludes should be approached with the same reverence as his longer, major works. In 1982, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature. And on top of that, the bookstore was going to be at the exit of the Macondo Pavilion, which was clearly the most important one at the fair. Listen to music by There Are No Thieves In This Town on Apple Music. He noted signs on the way advising that dogs and Mexicans were prohibited; he thus found himself barred from hotels because of his dark Latin complexion, the bigoted clerks mistaking him for a Mexican. This is the vice-attorney general at the time, Juan Vicente Valbuena. Garcia Marquez has left us but, thankfully, his work remains. Yes, those. We are calling from who knows where, who knows where. They called me from Mexico, Argentina, Europe, France, Spain. From what I understand, it isnt open because they arent looking for the culprits, but it isnt closed because they havent found them. Thanks for listening. The book wins the Primera Plana prize in Argentina on June 20. Camila: Then they told him he had to go to a press conference. The right thing to do was to call him and tell him myself because I was the person he had loaned the books to. So the case with the book was clearly recommended. He picked up his satchel and left. I spoke with press chiefs, commanders and lieutenants. Luca, for example, said this to me: Luca: Well, it doesnt make sense that the police, knowing who was involved, didnt hold anyone accountable for anything, right? I could tell that it was deeply painful for him because his eyes were watering and his mouth was trembling. agitated (adjective) feeling or appearing troubled or nervous. Find top songs and albums by There Are No Thieves In This Town, including Of the Things I Would Not . The worst. He later told an Argentinean writer that he could have dictated an entire chapter on the spot if he had had a tape recorder. Supervisor: A relevant case is when a person is robbed and that person has some important societal status. Until finally in April 2016 they gave me an appointment to meet with the lieutenant in charge of the case. It does, however, bring to our attention the author's grasp on subtlety, on the quiet moments that can give a story depth and beauty. What are you trying to find?. Daniel: In other words, she didnt follow Davids instructions? Because that creates insecurity. Even after dozens of conversations with the lieutenant, even though I carried with me a signed authorization, at one point I came to think that I was going to leave that place without an interview. Then the guy abandoned the book and they retrieved it at a store. Edgar: He tells me, the police are coming now so you can file a report. Others said they couldnt speak because they believed they were about to catch the group that had stolen the book. And they decided to infiltrate the black market, where this was being discussed. Camila: They said they had found out that someone had the book and that this person had set up a meeting with a possible buyer. So, of course, the pressure for everything to be ready and go well was enormous. Im Daniel Alarcn. I hope you find the book. And I started to cry. Nobody. Chapter-by-chapter summaries and multiple sections of expert analysis; The ultimate resource for assignments, engaging lessons, and lively book discussions . Before the break, Camila was telling us about the robbery of a signed first edition of. Synopsis. Presenter 2: A thief entered Macondo and cast a dark shadow over the most successful of all of the Bogot Book Fairs. In April of this year, 2016, almost a year after his book was recovered, lvaro got some news from the attorney generals office. Daniel: Camila Segura is the senior editor at Radio Ambulante. So I went to the SIJN offices. lvaro: Now that I think about it, it really was a flimsy lock. Camila: They arrived at the police station and the chief of police, Palomino. In This Town There Are No Thieves. Camila: Yes. confidential And what about the price? Hey man, you heard anything? No, man.. 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. It was around 8:30, 9:00 in the morning. So I went to the SIJN offices. Camila: Yes, 120 million. But what caught my attention was that there were slightly different versions of where the book had been found. We have a lot of contact with a number of merchants, lets call them, the good and the bad ones. Fuentes was so impressed that he wrote to a Mexican magazine: "I have just finished reading the first seventy-five pages of Cien Aos de Soledad. News, local stories, and your favorite podcasts. lvaro told me that the squad car was driving at full speed down the Transmilenio lane to avoid traffic. lvaro: I think that was the only time I showed any anger. When they left the interrogation it was practically nighttime. Im calling David. There was a very diligent group of police. I was almost expecting him to start cursing and shouting and get violent. Having found the book in record time was a victory for the police: only six days after the report was filed. But before he left he asked to use their restroom. 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. He brought a satchel to carry the books, since he thought if he left with the box people would say he was the thief. Consuelo: What the loss of this book meant to the country. In other words, he wasnt just worried about how he was going to pay for the book, but also about what would become of the association. And well I I was already freaking out. Camila: They described them as a young olive-skinned man who was about 1.6 meters tall [about 53] and a young blonde woman. There are no Thieves in This Town - This story is about a thief named Damaso. I was very limited in what I could do and I appreciated then that in the novel the writer has complete control." Avatar: Calea Apei era in desfasurare la 20th Century Fox inainte ca Disney sa-l cumpere. He had a huge headache. Garca Mrquez died on April 17, 2014, at home in Mexico City following complications from pneumonia; he was 87. And he opened the box and there was the book. Everything was very strange. Around that time, two people from the pavilions logistics team arrived. 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! But not just any copy. I even started to be a little afraid that I would open a bag and find it. Daniel: Thats the director of the Association of Independent Booksellers, right? Silvia Vias and I edited this story with the help of Martina Castro. Daniel: And how many people did they search? lvaro: They were like CSI or something. Dozens of national and international media outlets continued to call lvaro and David. Camila: They say that they are meeting on a foot bridge near the neighborhood. Camila: I know, he talks really fast, its almost like he doesnt even stop to breathe. What a country. Camila: lvaro needed a moment before he could start the interview. The assistant of General Palomino, the chief of police, was calling him. David: Its that kind of moment when you put yourself in the third person and say, what now? Not a computer or a telephone or a photo. So it occurred to him to call a journalist friend who worked at. He was at en event at his bookstore when he found out the news was everywhere. One day, before the start of the fair, when they were setting up the bookstore, lvaro came with his books and arranged them himself. Interviews with cultural icons like Rita Moreno and Carlos Santana as well as contemporary vanguards like Calle 13 or author Junot Diaz. But, getting back to the story So the pavilions other security guard realized that something was happening and went over. The crime that Damaso commits is blamed on what is referred to as the "blackman". lvaros bookstore, San Librario, also had a stand at the fair. Before we go back to our story I want to tell you about another NPR podcast, one about music, called Alt.Latino. Others, including the supervisor, realize that something had dropped to the ground: a box. And, Daniel, do you know what Transmilenio is? Comedy. 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. Camila: The police started questioning everyone. Daniel: No, wait, Camila, youre speaking Colombian. This book doesnt belong to me anymore. 64. And she asked why?. Some of the eight police officers went after the men. Camila: No, of course not. In other words, she didnt follow Davids instructions? While Edgar was searching people, Luca knew that she had to call someone, but she thought: Luca: I cant tell lvaro myself. How may I help you? One of them is The Golden Cock. But we have to close this circle with the capture of those responsible. Anyone can come to see it, but always under the supervision of one of the officials in the room. Language. Penguin. Also, lvaro was the only person with the keys to the cases. In April of this year, 2016, almost a year after his book was recovered, lvaro got some news from the attorney generals office. Camila: Yeah, I know. It was the second time I cried. I didnt even open the display case. I would rather have that responsibility and not leave other people in charge of it. Camila: The thing is, they found the book but not the thief. 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. Supervisor: It was around 8:30, 9:00 in the morning. I didnt even open the display case. What happened?. Find Alt.Latino on the NPR One app and at npr.org/podcasts, Hi, Im Daniel Alarcn. Youre crazy, what are you thinking?!. They asked the police in that sector for help. Their number? I dont know, those guys came to sell the book but they are asking for a lot.. lvaro: He stood there looking at me and he said Had you seen this cover before? And I told him no. So I tossed it in a bag, said thank you and left. And I started at the most obvious place: The National Police. Their exchange is a short one, yet as power is reversed and the mayor occupies a vulnerable position, it effectively highlights the role of manipulation in a corrupt society. All I could say was sure, of course, we have to answer for this. I thought I dont know how but we have to answer for this.. There was a major, there was a colonel, there was a captain from the Heritage department, there was an officer from the SIJIN and from the DIJIN. He thought about posting something on Facebook but he decided it was better not to. And finally, the vendor. lvaro: I was in total disbelief. So, of course, the first thing the supervisor does is call the chief of police to tell him that he has this information, and his chief tell his own boss to tell him. 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. 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. The books had cards with bibliographic information. I dont know. And no one has been able to explain where that number came from. And while it can be easy to focus most of our praise on One Hundred Years of Solitude, undoubtedly his most important novel, let us not forget the stories. And of course, the business owners dont want their clients to get robbed. Are you crazy?! This very same box. Garca Mrquez says that he again began writing, "straight off without a break, and afterwards made a great many corrections on the manuscript, made copies, and corrected it again." Thats the bad part. Then there are gems like "There Are No Thieves in This Town" and "One of These Days," a story that, although it spans only a few pages, is near perfect in its construction. User 2: This country is totally charro. Camila: He took out six dollars and paid the shopkeeper. In other words, to a valuable book, to a media scandal. Directed by. lvaro needed a moment before he could start the interview. lvaro still didnt tell anyone anything. Yes. Until Friday, around two in the afternoon, he went back to one of the bookstores on the intersection of streets 10 and 13. How long were they at it? And I couldnt believe it. He was tired, he hadnt been sleeping well and he could hear his phone going off, even when no one was calling. Well, sure, so they can say something, you know? He barely slept at all that night. Camila: He knew there was nothing he could do. And I said yes, I am. And the boy gave me a hug and said, Im so sorry. So he thought that maybe if they searched people they could find it. Camila: lvaro just arranged the books and made a verbal agreement with David that lvaro was the only person who could touch his books. And Ill explain a little: David was in charge of the Macondo stall at the Bogot Book Fair. May I speak with the press department of the police, please? Nobody. An alternative approach to traditional music. And Ill explain: Edgar and Luca had told the fair security about the robbery. 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. I told him, I dont want to talk right now and I hung up. Camila: No. So they agreed the donation would be on Thursday, May 14th at 4pm. I mean, I have been to that book fair. You guys who are going to be downtown, a book by Gabriel Garca Mrquez was stolen in one of those bookstores, so you need to get in touch with your contacts about it.. Very hard. Reading that little novel an exercise in the seemingly endless possibilities of fiction proved to be a transformative experience for both of us. Gabriel Garca Mrquez Biography, Next Gautibonza, the chief of police for Bogot, told him that when they found out about the robbery. lvaro answered and said Whats up, David? And I said, listen lvaro, they stole your, Yes. Camila: It will only close the moment someone is captured. I told them about the story I was doing and that I wanted to interview the lieutenant. GPS: You have arrived at your destination. From all over the world. Damaso gets whats coming to him in the end. During all this, David wasnt at the fair. Scenes of the colonel making coffee or checking the mail are heartbreaking ruminations on old age that stay with the reader like easy memories. Luca Buitrago: My name is Luca Fernanda Buitrago Montaez. Paint is peeling off the walls and sometimes you get the feeling that the building is abandoned. But before he left he asked to use their restroom. 82. Like saying that lvaro had stolen it himself, which seemed like the meanest possible thing to me. I looked at the display case and the lock was missing. I dont know what kind of expression I had because I couldnt see it, but I know it didnt look like I was angry. But. The original title of the novel had been Este Pueblo de Mrida (The Town of Dung). It was wrong. He was at his own bookstore, almost on the other side of the city, in the middle of an event with a writer. He stood there looking at me and he said Had you seen this cover before? And I told him no. So I tossed it in a bag, said thank you and left. Thousands upon thousands of people were going to go through there. We are back with Radio Ambulante. Corral was a thirty-second shootout between lawmen led by Virgil Earp and members of a loosely organized group of outlaws called the Cowboys that occurred at about 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 26, 1881, in Tombstone, Arizona Territory, United States.It is generally regarded as the most famous shootout in the history of the American Old West. Find top songs and albums by There Are No Thieves In This Town including Of the Things I Would Not . Camila: As a collector, lvaro knew exactly what a first edition looked like. He didnt give a lot of details about how the operation went. They were about to close the fair and the police never arrived. Its hosted by Felix Contreras, and Felix is your guide into the world of Latino arts and culture. Not at all. And when David told him that, lvaro. But I dont think the bit about the price is so important. 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. Daniel: And at this point what is David doing? So he thought from now until I get to my house and send the email I will have lost a whole day. Thats a big deal. Around that time, two people from the pavilions logistics team arrived. I met him and he gave me the nickname libroviejero [man with the old books]. Someone who steals millions and millions of dollars gets eight years in prison and someone who steals a book by Gabo gets 20. 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. lvaro: They were asking me, Where did you get the book, how much did it cost, how did Garca Mrquez inscribe it for you, why did he inscribe it for you, where were you, who had the keys? And I said, Me, I was the only one who had them. How do you know you are the only one? Because they told me I was the only one.. I hope you find the book. And I started to cry. So I started to feel really really bad. Camila: More than a year ago, in May 2015. News, local stories, and your favorite podcasts. At other times he worked as an editor and once did publicity for the J. Walter Thompson office in Mexico City. Camila: He showed me the inscription and then he showed me something else. Though promising enough, all his previous works can be seen as but preliminary exercises to this masterpiece. Listen: 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? Publisher. Camila: Edgar thought that not much time had passed between when they had been robbed and when they noticed. No One Writes to the Colonel is published in Colombia. Neither floods nor plagues, nor famines nor cataclysms, nor even the eternal wars of century upon century have been able to subdue the persistent advantage of life over death. In this context it means something like ridiculous. The shopkeeper pointed out where it was. Camila: During all this, David wasnt at the fair. That was the version I heard, the version that was in the press. Major, but the book that was stolen at the last Book Fair? Camila: No, she felt it was more important to stick to the agreement they had made with lvaro. Edgar figures around 300 people or thereabouts. Edgar: I ran to the door and told the security guards that from that moment on no one could leave without being searched. They took all of the books out of the display case and started packing them up. They questioned and doubted everything I said. The SIJIN is right in the middle of downtown Bogot. Its shrink-wrapped No, not that one. But what are their names, man? Your purchase helps support NPR programming. So it occurred to him to call a journalist friend who worked at El Tiempo. Camila: In other words, he wasnt just worried about how he was going to pay for the book, but also about what would become of the association. . We investigate all kinds of crimes dealing with kidnapping and theft in all its forms. lvaro wanted it that way, as an official public act. It was a collaboration, incorporating everybody's ideas, the director's, the actor's. And in Montevideo I really like to walk down a street called Calle Tristn Narvaja, which is a street that is full of secondhand bookstores. Camila: No, he donated several other things. 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. He went out to walk and he didnt say anything to anyone for some time. Carolina Guerrero is the CEO. Why would the theft of a single book mean so much to a country like Colombia? Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. The gunfight at the O.K. Others said they couldnt speak because they believed they were about to catch the group that had stolen the book. Camila: A little later, we went down to the press conference where there were several media outlets. Edgar thought that not much time had passed between when they had been robbed and when they noticed. Well, obviously I wasnt going to get in an argument with him and say, no, what are you talking about?. There was a major, there was a colonel, there was a captain from the Heritage department, there was an officer from the SIJIN and from the DIJIN. Or rather, they dont close But they get filed away? 08:37 Under regular security procedure, they shouldve informed the police. lvaro: Im calling to inform you that the book has been found.. lvaro: And I saw on Facebook someone posted, Hooray! 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