6 literary postmen to remember from all eras

A few days ago I was reviewing some novels that perhaps we did not know were epistolary. Well today, to end the month, I rescue these other 6 that star postmen, profession that always had a certain romantic halo that literature has known how to take advantage of. Since classical immortal until futuristic stories or black passions. Let's look at these titles. Surely one of us can be worth for this vacation that more than one is going to start.

The Postman from Baghdad

Posted in 2007, this story of the Galician author Marcos Sanchez Calveiro was winner of the XVIII Delta Wing Children's Literature Award. Recommended for children from 10 years.

It is set in Baghdad, in the middle of the war. But, despite that, lbrahim he continues to deliver the mail on his motorcycle. Only one day a mysterious letter that Ibrahim will want to deliver no matter what.

Postman

It was the first novel by Charles Bukowski. A first title where his marked and personal autobiographical style began and presented his protagonist, and alter ego, Chinese. Count the twelve years that it was clerk in a seedy post office of the Angels. A job that he left at the age of 49 to dedicate himself exclusively to writing.

Neruda's postman

Translated to 25 languages, this novel published in 1985 by the Chilean writer Antonio Skarmeta it is already a classic of literature. And much more since his film version in 1994.

In it he tells us the story of Mario Jimenez, a young fisherman who decides to abandon his trade to become a postman for Isla Negra. There the only person who receives and sends correspondence is the poet Pablo Neruda, whom Mario admires very much. The postman hopes that one day Neruda will dedicate a book to him or there will be something more than a crossword. And indeed your wait will have the reward of a very peculiar relationship between them.

The postman

Post-apocalyptic short novel written by the American author David brin was published in 1985. It takes place in the state of Oregon in the XXI century, after the Third World War.

Gordon krantz, a former soldier who has been wandering around since the end of the conflict, finds the body of a former mailman for the United States Postal Service. Gordon will take up his post with the intention of bringing hope to scattered populations threatened by warlords.

A film version was made in 1997 who starred Kevin Costner.

the postman Always calls two times

Classic of classics this title of the prestigious North American author James M Cain, which together with Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammet forms a whole Holy Trinity of the black genre. And surely the fame of the two film versions is greater than their written original. Unforgettable both that of 1946, with John garfield y Lana Turner, and the 1981, with Jack Nicholson y Jessica Lang. It was published in 1934 and its plot is the culmination of the most unstoppable passions, greed and boundless lies.

Frank Chambers, an unemployed globetrotter, tells us first-hand about his passion for Cora papadakis, the wife of an emigrant of Greek origin who owns a tavern in California. By becoming Lovers United by ardor and ambition, they plan get rid of the husband, but that won't be so easy. And then there is that postman who always calls twice.

Michael Strogoff 

And I end up with the classic of Julio Verne, classic author par excellence. Published in 1876, there cannot be many who have not read this most profound story. famous, brave and intrepid courier of the tsar Miguel Strogoff. Or you have not seen one of his many film adaptations, the most famous, the one from 1956.

We have all traveled since Moscow to Irkutsk, in the middle of the Tatar invasion, crossing Siberia to send a notice mail to the tsar's brother about the traitor's plans Ogaref. And we have all tried to go unnoticed even by our own mother, just as we have had to hide our feelings for Nadia and endure terrible torture.

Es must read now and always.


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