For the first time on BBC Radio, a series of tales by the renowned Colombian author. Read on consecutive evenings by David Horovitch.
1: Balthazaar's Marvellous Afternoon
"What a marvellous thing!" Jose Montiel 's wife exclaimed, with a radiant expression, leading
Balthazaar aside. "I've never seen anything like it in my life."
Translated by J S Bernstein Producer Duncan Minshull