Gabriel García Márquez

Gabriel García Márquez, How send his book in the post.
xtreme poverty while he was finishing his masterpiece, One Hundred Years of Solitude, that they had to pawn their household appliances to afford the postage to send the manuscript to a publisher. 
Here are the details of how the manuscript was sent:
Pawned Possessions: To cover the shipping costs to Editorial Sudamericana in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Mercedes sold her hair dryer and a blender.
The Split Shipment: Due to lack of funds, they could not send the entire manuscript at once, so they sent it in two halves, or in separate, smaller batches.
The Post Office Moment: When mailing the manuscript, they discovered they didn't have enough money for the full postage. The post office employee weighed it and said the postage was 82 pesos, but they only had 50. Mercedes then pledged their remaining belongings to ensure the package was sent.
Anxious Remark: Upon leaving the post office, Mercedes famously remarked to her husband, "Now all that's left is for the novel to turn out bad," highlighting the immense risk they had taken. 
The manuscript was sent from Mexico City in late August or early September 1967. It was a period of intense pressure, as a previous set of galleys had already been lost in the mail.