A FAREWELL LETTER FROM A GENIUS*
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, famous writer from Colombia ( familiarly known as "Gabo" in his native country), and Nobel prize winner for literature in 1982, has retired from public life for reasons of health. He has a form of cancer which is terminal. He has sent a
farewell letter to his friends and it has been circulated around the Internet.
It is recommended reading because it is moving to see how one of the
best and most brilliant of writers expresses himself & with sorrow. The following
slides will show what he says…