El esfuerzo de escribir un cuento corto es tan intenso como empezar una novela. Pues en el primer parrafo de una novela hay que definir todo: estructura, tono, estilo, ritmo, longitud, y a veces hasta el caracter de algun personaje. Lo demas es el placer de escribir, el mas intimo y solitario que pueda imaginarse, y si uno no se queda corrigiendo el libro por el resto de la vida es porque el mismo rigor de fierro que hace falta para empezarlo se impone para terminarlo. El cuento, en cambio, no tiene principio ni fin: fragua ...
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El esfuerzo de escribir un cuento corto es tan intenso como empezar una novela. Pues en el primer parrafo de una novela hay que definir todo: estructura, tono, estilo, ritmo, longitud, y a veces hasta el caracter de algun personaje. Lo demas es el placer de escribir, el mas intimo y solitario que pueda imaginarse, y si uno no se queda corrigiendo el libro por el resto de la vida es porque el mismo rigor de fierro que hace falta para empezarlo se impone para terminarlo. El cuento, en cambio, no tiene principio ni fin: fragua o no fragua. Y si no fragua, la experiencia propia y la ajena ensenan que en la mayoria de las veces es mas saludable empezarlo de nuevo por otro camino, o tirarlo a la basura. Este volumen recoge los cuentos que, afortunadamente para los lectores de Garcia Marquez, no terminaron en la papelera, precedidos por un prologo en el que se da razon de por que son doce, por que son cuentos y por que son peregrinos. Estaba sentado en el escano de madera bajo las hojas amarillas del parque solitario, contemplando los cisnes polvorientos con las dos manos apoyadas en el pomo de plata del baston, y pensando en la muerte."
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