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And people were outraged and there was just like this kind of visceral feeling that this was some kind of attack on the national pride. The theft of a book became national news, you know. You know, this view of Colombia that is for export - which is the Macondo, this vision of Latin America that García Márquez has written about - and then also this kind of very urban, dark theft violence crime. It's almost like two parts of Colombia colliding. "On the other hand, it leaves this kind of odd taste in your mouth because you're like, Well, if they can solve that crime in six days, why don't they solve other crimes?" we love García Márquez, we love books, and so it's just something to celebrate," he says. Host Daniel Alarcón tells NPR's Kelly McEvers that the story left him with conflicting feelings. In its new season, the Spanish-language podcast Radio Ambulante tells the story of how the book was recovered. Many cases in that city go unsolved because of a lack of resources, but local law enforcement went all out to solve this crime. In 2015, it was stolen from a Bogota, Colombia, book fair. The book in question is a first edition copy of One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez. This is the story of a stolen book, a sense of national pride and some creative sleuthing. A student reads aloud from Gabriel García Márquez's One Hundred Years of Solitude, or Cien Años de Soledad, in Bogota, Colombia.
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