If, like me, you have stumbled upon Marquez famously acclaimed 'farewell letter', I present to you the reality of that letter in a nutshell. This was NOT written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
I found too "fruity" for Marquez taste, although the messages are great!
If you're interested in the origins of the material, here are the original works used in the so called "Farewell Letter.” One is by Norma Cornett Marek, and the other by Johnny Welch. The latter’s poem is read out by “Mofles”, Welch’s puppet. Knowing that the poem was read out by a puppet, allows us to understand it better. When I read the hoax letter for the first time, as I was half way through, it feels as if Marquez was from another planet, but now it makes better sense.
The original letter is in Spanish and attached at the end of this post, as well as the original poems, some links and comments. For those who can read both English and Spanish, you will greatly appreciate the beauty of Marek’s poem and rhyme in its original version.