I did not come to deliver a sermon, author: Gabriel Marquez

The translator added that the main idea of the book came to talk about Marquez the intellectual, interested in the issues of the Third World, and presenting suggestions that perhaps, if taken into consideration, could change the way of life, pointing out that these speeches were said by him starting from the age of seventeen until eighty, and that these speeches reflected his general concern and issues of writing, and his hopes for creating a better world, in addition to the story of entering the world of writing by chance or out of necessity, as Marquez said, who also provided a magical recipe for peace and progress in the world, when he said: "Let each of you carry a book in his bag." Abdul Latif confirmed that what drove him to translate this work from Spanish is his personal passion for Marquez, for his special world in storytelling and narration, as he is considered the founder of a special school "magical realism," and his ability to attract the reader to those private worlds, as well as the writing technique itself and the smooth transition between stories. Number of pages: 133