Memories of My Melancholy Whores

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Ms Edith Grossman (Translator) and Edith Grossman (Translator)

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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