Title: "I Only Came to Use the Phone"
Title Record # 2444723
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Date: 1993-10-05
Variant Title of: Solo vine a hablar por teléfono [Spanish] (1992) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Current Tags: kafkaesque (1)
Author:
Gabriel García Márquez?Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Date: 1993-10-05
Variant Title of: Solo vine a hablar por teléfono [Spanish] (1992) [may list more publications, awards, reviews, votes and covers]
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Language: English
Note: Translated by Edith Grossman.
Synopsis: Borderline speculative fiction. After a woman's car breaks down in the middle of nowhere, she hitches a ride on a bus on its way to a mental institute and ends up being admitted as a patient. After later being abandoned there by her husband, she eventually adopts the role of insanity imposed upon her by the institute's doctors.
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Current Tags: kafkaesque (1)
Publications
| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strange Pilgrims | 1993-10-05 |
Gabriel García Márquez?Gabriel Garcia Marquez |
Alfred A. Knopf | 0-679-42566-7 | $21.00?$: US dollar |
188 | hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
coll | ||
| Strange Pilgrims | 1994-09-29 |
Gabriel García Márquez?Gabriel Garcia Marquez |
Penguin Books | 0-14-023096-3 |
xiii+ 188 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | |||
| Bon Voyage, Mr. President | 1995-09-01 |
Gabriel García Márquez?Gabriel Garcia Marquez |
Penguin Books (Penguin 60s) | 0-14-600035-8 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
64 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
coll | Rosemary Woods | |
| Strange Pilgrims | 2006-11-14 |
Gabriel García Márquez?Gabriel Garcia Marquez |
Vintage Books (Vintage International) | 208 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | ||||
| Strange Pilgrims | 2008-02-07 |
Gabriel García Márquez?Gabriel Garcia Marquez |
Penguin Books | 978-0-14-103249-8 |
xiii+ 188 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | |||
| Strange Pilgrims | 2014-03-06 |
Gabriel García Márquez?Gabriel Garcia Marquez |
Penguin Books | 978-0-241-96865-9 | £8.99?£: UK pound |
xiii+ 188 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Miguel Rio Branco | |
| Strange Pilgrims | 2014-10-15 |
Gabriel García Márquez?Gabriel Garcia Marquez |
Vintage Books (Vintage International) | 978-1-101-91113-6 | $11.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
coll | |||
| Strange Pilgrims | date unknown |
Gabriel García Márquez?Gabriel Garcia Marquez |
Penguin Books | 978-0-241-96865-9 | £8.99?£: UK pound |
xiii+ 188 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | Miguel Rio Branco |