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(original title: ), is a book written by Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez. The book falls under the genre of popular science and was originally published in 1955. The story was first published by the Colombian newspaper El Espectador, and its full translated title is _The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor: Who Drifted on a Liferaft for Ten Days Without Food or Water, Was Proclaimed a National Hero, Kissed by Beauty Queens, Made Rich Through Publicity, and Then Spurned by the Government and Forgotten for All Time.
The book is associated with the industries of literature and the book industry, and is set in the country of Colombia. The story covers a creative work that delves into the experiences of a shipwrecked sailor who spent ten days adrift on a life raft without food, water and eventually forgotten by the Government.