I constantly thank God for Esteban

Fictional, I might say, but the story of the handsomest drowned man sure has some implications to the real world. Everybody can be Esteban. An alien, a beautiful alien to a culture. A unique human being made to change other people's lives. Esteban hadn't drowned for a non sense cause, like nobody would just bump into you right in the middle of a crowded sidewalk making your books fall to the ground for nothing. Esteban's story has the universal theme, you could say a simple story of a drowned man who changed the way of life of an isolated village by the seashore. BUT Marquez's woven a magnificent story in the style of magic realism which made a great impact in the literary world.