Memories of My Melancholy Whores
of Gabriel García Márquez, Edith Grossman (Translator)
Description
Memories of My Melancholy Whores is Gabriel García Márquez’s first work of fiction in ten years, written at the height of his powers, the Spanish edition of which Ilan Stavans called, “Masterful. Erotic. As hypnotizing as it is disturbing” (Los Angeles Times).On the eve of his ninetieth birthday, our unnamed protagonist–an undistinguished journalist and lifelong bachelor–decides to give himself “the gift of a night of wild love with an adolescent virgin.”The girl, whom an old madam procures for him, is splendidly young, with the silent power of a sleeping beauty. The night of love blossoms into a transforming year. It is a year in which he relives, in a rush of memories, his lifetime of (paid-for) sexual adventures and experiences a revelation that brings him to the edge of dying–not of old age, but, at long last, of uncorrupted love. Memories of My Melancholy Whores is a brilliant gem by the master storyteller.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 115 pages
- Publisher Vintage International
- Publication Date November 2006
- First Publication 02/01/04
- Language English
- ISBN 9781400095940
- Edition First Vintage International Open-Market Edition
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['Colombia']
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