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Ismael Camacho Arango

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Doctor Ismael camacho Arango was born in Lebrija, Colombia in 1926. He got his degree of medicine in the universidad nacional de Bogota in 1952.

His literary career started when he won a short story competition in 1967. He wrote his book siete minutos in 1971.

The novel is a future vision of our industrialist society and of the citizens who only think of having money. The day will come when people will only worry about themselves.

Laugh and cry with the characters and adventures the author describes in this book full of morbid humour, where he was the master.

Dr. Ismael Camacho died in Palmira, Colombia in 1995.

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These are three chapters of Armageddon by Ismael Camacho Arango

WELCOME TO ARMAGEDDON

On that particular day, the news travelled fast everywhere. I had just got dressed, when the radio program was interrupted. Someone said: “Attention! Attention! Extra! Extra!!! Extra!!!”

I thought they wanted to sell soap for washing clothes.

“…northern lights in all regions, including the tropics. Several observatories around the world have tried to explain the phenomenon as a dense fog has descended over the earth, and the seas have receded. We’ll keep you informed of any more developments.”

Wondering about the northern lights, I heard some more news while cutting my sausages. A plane had fallen down in the sea and a coach full of football fans had crashed in the mountains. The maid appeared by my side, looking worried.

“You must see this,” she said.

On opening a window, I noticed dense fog in the street. The neighbouring houses had disappeared, while shadows moved within the clouds like lost angels, and cars drove slowly in the whiteness enveloping the world.

I had not paid much attention to the news that morning, but as the maid went back to her duties I listened to the radio again.

I would look for the northern lights in the internet before I left for my job, if the fog had cleared.

The local television station had been put together with the national radio as the world had never seen anything like that. Switching on the TV, I saw the presenter in a studio full of people.

“We bring you information about the rare things happening to the world,” he said. “Fog has invaded the country, and airplanes have been declared in emergency. We don’t know what has happened to them.”

I saw total chaos everywhere, as motorists crashed with each other in the harsh conditions, and then I noticed lights amidst the clouds.

I had forgotten all about my breakfast as I heard the news again. The White House had declared the USA in state of emergency and rumours circulated that a terrorist had planned the whole thing.

As I saw the lamp in the lounge moving, I thought something had to be wrong but the presenter kept on talking about lights in the sky.

I might have a perfect excuse to stay at home.

“Attention,” the presenter said. “We have just had a small tremor. Attention!”

As I left my chair, I had to hold the table to keep my stability. It had to be trembling again.

After I managed to go outside, I heard people screaming, clouds of dust rising in the air.

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THE EARTH HAS MOVED

As the floor moved, I stumbled out of the room, tripping on a cord and landing on my face.

I can’t recall those intense moments when I cried for my life amidst the cataclysm.

Cracks appeared on the floor while the earth shook, but then the earthquake stopped, leaving everything in silence.

Struggling to my feet, I saw a city reduced to dust.

The screams dying out, my feet faltered on the mud. As my nose bled, I saw the radio on the floor.

It must have fallen there when I ran outside, fearing for my life.

On switching it on, I heard only static, the noise joining the anarchy around me.

Full of mud, people wandered the streets like zombies, as I tried to ask someone what had happened.

“It’s the end of the world,” one of the maids said. “Look at the sky.”

Shining above me, the northern lights stretched amidst the clouds.

The woman had gone away as I looked down again, leaving me alone with my fate.

Blood stained my clothes, my left arm hurt and I felt confused.

I shut my eyes, wishing to appear in my bed where a new day would greet my senses, but the noise of people running and screaming brought me back to reality.

A naked woman ran by my side, sagging breasts full of dirt, tears staining her face.

“I must find my baby,” she said.

Dirty and wounded, people didn’t know where to go or what to do to stop the tragedy.

Children cried for their mothers lost amongst the ruins of the city full of grief, where no one knew anything.

As I tried to find some shelter, a man played a drum in a corner, the music calming my fears and emotions.

“Pray to the Lord,” he said.

“It’s no use.”

Ra- ta tam his drum went on singing to the the world.

Feeling dizzy, I sat on a boulder with the radio in my hands, hoping to wake up from this nightmare. A voice interrupted my reverie.

“Here H.K.5 A.C.1….H.K.5 A.C.1…Attention! Attention! A terrible earthquake has destroyed most of the city of Palmira. Attention! We must mobilize all the help available: firemen, police, the army, doctors and nurses. Attention! This is an urgent call…

“Hello! Hello! We’ve received your message H.K.5. A.C.1. Here is H.K.9. D.G.U. here, H.K.9 D.G.U. The quake has destroyed most of the city of Cali and we are the only human beings left around here. Attention! We ask everybody to help the cities of Cali and Palmira….

“Attention! Attention! This is voice Bogotá. We are using the equipment we managed to salvage from the tragedy. Attention all the country. The capital has been destroyed by an earthquake. Attention! I repeat. Bogotá has been destroyed by a quake and we need urgent help.”

I listened to requests for help from all parts of the country while people moved in a trance.

Another woman went past me with a dead child in her arms, leaving a trace of blood on the floor.

“Can I help you?” I asked.

Ignoring me, she hurried to the nearest makeshift hospital where they might save her child.

I never thought this would happen as I ate my breakfast in the morning, when I had other worries in the world.

Our lives had been transformed in a few hours of death and desperation.

Then I heard the voice in the radio, giving me the latest news.

“The sea has flooded most of the ports of the world,” the presenter said. “The map of the continents has changed after the tragedy. New York, Tokyo, London and many other cities have disappeared, leaving an angry sea battering the coasts.”

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PANIC IN THE STREETS

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People moving between the cameras, as everyone talks at the same time, and a man with big glasses looks at the screen in front of him. One of his colleagues appears with a notebook.

“The sun is having hiccups,” he says.

Pushing back invisible strands of hair, Antonio studies the graphics where a sun full of flares looks at them from the darkness of space. He listens to his headphones for a few moments.

“It’s time for the news,” he says.

As Antonio sits in front of the cameras, the studio lights up ready for an audience hungry for news. “Good morning,” he says. “Our sun seems to have more energy that its size requires, causing the fog and the lights in the sky we have seen this morning.”

The camera shows a row of cars lining the road and disappearing amidst the fog, as a few people argue with each other in the rain. A fight starts between two men by a small blue car, but after punching each other a few times, they go back to their vehicles with sore faces.

“It is raining in Bogotá,” Antonio says. “Attention! An electric storm has developed over the city, with rain and hale.”

The camera cuts to the lights dancing amidst the fog as hail falls over the city. Moving through the blanket of mist, people try to get away from the sea, while a picture of the sun fills the screen, large flares shooting out into space. Antonio’s voice interrupts the drama.

“Attention,” he says. “Mount Palomar has photographed the eruptions taking place within the sun.”

More images of the sun adorn the screen, flames reaching towards the planets threatening to finish with the solar system. The camera cuts back to the reporter standing in the road, where the cars have started to move.

“It is still raining,” he says. “But we’re driving away now.”

The cars move down the road, thunder echoing around them, as the fog gives an air of unreality to the scene. A few people dance in the back of a truck oblivious to all the problems in the world. The camera cuts to Antonio reading the news.

“Similar things have been reported all over the continent,” he says. It’s five o’clock in the morning in Hawaii, where the auroras have been a beautiful spectacle. We can’t waist any time with commercials. We’re making contact with radio Barranquilla. Attention!"

A thin man appears in a studio filled with people and confusion. “This is Barranquilla, transmitting for the national television. We have seen terrible things amidst the fog, as trucks and buses full of people wait for the traffic to move. We ask everyone to be calm.”

The camera cuts to another studio, where a man sits by a picture of the sun and a table full of books.

“This is central station in Barranquilla,” he says. “Everyone wants to go away from the sea.”

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Ref Type: Book, Whole	Source Type: Print	Authors: Camacho Arango,Ismael.
Book Title: Siete minutos.	Pub Year: 1971	Notes: ID: 2056469
Edition: First	Publisher: Tercer Mundo	Place of Publication: Bogota Language: Spanish Database: WorldCat Data Source: http://worldcat.org Created: 03/12/2007 10:04:41 GMT Last Modified: 03/12/2007 10:04:41 GMT URL: http://www.network54.com/Forum/588293/ Website Title: Siete minutos

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== Camacho Arango, Ismael.

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Works: 2 works in 2 publications in 1 language and 28 library holdings Classifications: pq8180.13.a565, 863 Publication Timeline 1970| |1980 Key Publications about Ismael Camacho Arango Publications by Ismael Camacho Arango 1970-1970 0 Publications by Ismael Camacho Arango 1971-1971 2 Publications by Ismael Camacho Arango 1972-1972 0 Publications by Ismael Camacho Arango 1973-1973 0 Publications by Ismael Camacho Arango 1974-1974 0 Publications by Ismael Camacho Arango 1975-1975 0 Publications by Ismael Camacho Arango 1976-1976 0 Publications by Ismael Camacho Arango 1977-1977 0 Publications by Ismael Camacho Arango 1978-1978 0 Publications by Ismael Camacho Arango 1979-1979 0 Publications by Ismael Camacho Arango 1980-1980 0 Publications by Ismael Camacho Arango Most widely held works by Ismael Camacho Arango Siete minutos by Ismael Camacho Arango( Book ) 1 edition published in 1971 in Spanish and held by 27 libraries worldwide 7 [siete] minutos by Ismael Camacho Arango( Book ) 1 edition published in 1971 in Spanish and held by 1 library worldwide

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Arizona State University

Author Camacho Arango, Ismael. Title Siete minutos; novela. Publisher [Bogota : Tercer Mundo, 1971] LOCATION CALL # STATUS

 STORAGE STACKS 	 PQ8180.13.A565 S5        	  SHELF

Descript 273 p. ; 21 cm.

San Diego University

Author Camacho Arango, Ismael Title Siete minutos Publisher [Bogota : Tercer Mundo, 1971] LOCATION CALL # STATUS

 4th Floor Books 	 PQ8180.13.A565 S5       	  NOT CHECKD OUT

Descript'n 273 p. ; 21 cm

University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign

Author: Camacho Arango, Ismael. Title: Siete minutos; [novela] Published: [Bogota : Tercer Mundo, 1971] Physical Description: 273 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject (Other): Spanish, Books in.

Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library Location: Main Stacks Call Number: 869.7 C146S Copy: 1

Status: Available

Florida International university

Siete minutos. Author: Camacho Arango, Ismael. Published: [Bogota : Tercer Mundo, 1971] book book Green Library General Collection PQ8180.13.A565 S54 1971 Available divider

Washington University Libraries

Author Camacho Arango, Ismael Title Siete minutos Published [Bogota : Tercer Mundo, 1971] Description 273 p. ; 21 cm

LOCATION CALL # STATUS

 WestC General Stacks 	 PQ8180.13 A565 S5       	  NOT CHECKD OUT

OCLC # 2056469

The University of Iowa

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University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Libraries

Primary Author(s): Camacho Arango, Ismael. Title: Siete minutos. Publication: [Bogota : Tercer Mundo, 1971] Description: Book 273 p. ; 21 cm.

Database: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Libraries Location: Stacks (Floor Key: A-L,P 3rd / M-N,Q-R 2nd / S-Z Lower) Call Number: PQ8180.13 .A556x S5 Status: No information available

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Author Camacho Arango, Ismael. Title Siete minutos. Imprint [Bogota : Tercer Mundo, 1971] Persistent link to this record

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Description 273 p. ; 21 cm. WorldCat no. 2056469 Description 273 p. ; 21 cm. WorldCat no. 2056469

Washington State University Libraries

Author Camacho Arango, Ismael. Title Siete minutos. Imprint Bogota, Tercer Mundo, 1971. LOCATION CALL NUMBER STATUS

 WSU Holland & Terrell 	 PQ8180.13.A565 S5       	  ON SHELF

Description 273 p. Misc no WSU000253595

McGill University Montreal

Type Author Title Year Call Number Library Holdings (Copies Owned/Out) 1

Camacho Arango, Ismael. Siete minutos / 1971 PQ8180.13 A565 S5 [Regular Loan] Humanities and Social Sciences McLennan Bldg

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University of California, Riverside

Author Camacho Arango, Ismael. Title Siete minutos. [novela. Publisher Bogotá : Tercer Mundo, 1971]

Call # PQ8180.13.A56 S5 Description 273 p. ; 21 cm. OCLC/BIB # 2056469

University of California, Santa Barbara

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Author Link Camacho Arango, Ismael Title Link Siete minutos; [novela. Published Bogotá, Tercer Mundo, 1971] Description 273 p. 21 cm.

Call Number Special Collections PQ8180.13.A565 S5

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San Diego State University Library

Author Camacho Arango, Ismael Title Siete minutos Publisher [Bogota : Tercer Mundo, 1971] LOCATION CALL # STATUS

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Stanford University Libraries

Siete minutos

   Camacho Arango, Ismael.

Mark Jump to call number/location/availability Author: Camacho Arango, Ismael. Title: Siete minutos. Imprint: [Bogota : Tercer Mundo, 1971] Physical Description: 273 p. ; 21 cm.

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The University of Memphis Library

Title : Siete minutos; [novela. Author : Camacho Arango, Ismael. Call Number : X Publisher : [Bogota : Tercer Mundo, 1971] Subject Heading(s) : Spanish, Books in. Description : 273 p. ; 21 cm. DBCN : AAP-0891 Holdings :

Location Call Number Volume Material Status MCWHERTER LIBRARY PQ8180.13.A565 S5 BOOK Available

University of Wisconsin- Madison

Author: Camacho Arango, Ismael. Title: Siete minutos.

Publisher: [Bogota : Tercer Mundo, 1971] Description: 273 p. ; 21 cm. OCLC: (OCoLC)02056469

Location: Memorial Library Stacks Regular Size Shelving ___ Where is this Location? Catalog: UW Madison Call Number: PQ8180.13 A565 S5 Copy Number: 1 Status: Not Checked Out

Southern Illinois University

Author: Camacho Arango, Ismael. Title: Siete minutos; [novela] Published: [Bogota : Tercer Mundo, 1971] Subject (Other): Spanish, Books in.

Institution: Morris Library - SIUC Location: Dewey Books, McLafferty Annex Call Number: 868.9936 C1724S Copy: 1

Status: Available

Vanderbilt University Library

Siete minutos; [novela

    Camacho Arango, Ismael.

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Author: Camacho Arango, Ismael. Title: Siete minutos; [novela. Publication info: Bogota, Tercer Mundo, 1971] Physical details: 273 p. 21 cm.

Call number, Holdings, and Location CENTRAL LIBRARY Material Location PQ8180.13.A565 S5 BOOK ANNEX

University of Toronto Libraries

Siete minutos; [novela.]

   Camacho Arango, Ismael

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The University of Arizona Library

LOCATION Main Library Call # PQ8180.13.A563 S5 Author Camacho Arango, Ismael. Title Siete minutos. Location CALL NO. STATUS

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Publisher [Bogota : Tercer Mundo, 1971] Description 273 p. ; 21 cm.

Harvard University- Hollies Catalogue

Author : Link Camacho Arango, Ismael. Title : Link Siete minutos. Published : [Bogota : Tercer Mundo, 1971]

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Location : WidenerLibrary Info SAL 5548.53.100 Holdings Availability

Description : 273 p. ; 21 cm. HOLLIS Number : 004306100

University of Massachusetts Amherst

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Author Link Camacho Arango, Ismael. Title Link Siete minutos. Publisher [Bogotá : Tercer Mundo, 1971] Physical Descrip. 273 p. ; 21 cm. Note(s) Novel. Owned By UM Du Bois LibraryLibrary Info

Carleton University Library

Author Camacho Arango, Ismael. Title Siete minutos. Publisher Bogota, Tercer Mundo., 1971.

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El Colegio De Mexico Distrito Federal

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DISPONIBILIDAD PISO1 Clasificación C863.4 C1721s Autor Camacho Arango, Ismael Título 7 [siete] minutos Lugar [Bogotá] Editorial [Tercer Mundo] Año [1971] Descripción física 273 p. ; 20 cm.