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 virgin, whom and old madam procures for him, is splendidly young, with the silent power of a sleeping beauty. The night of love blossomes 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.
~from the book jacket
- ISBN10 140004460X
- ISBN13 9781400044603
- Publish Date 25 October 2005
- Publish Status Remaindered
- Out of Print 11 December 2013
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Alfred A. Knopf
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 115
- Language English