Memories of my melancholy whores / Gabriel García Márquez ; translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Knopf , 2005.Edition: 1st edDescription: 115 p. ; 20 cmISBN:- 9781400044603
- Memoria de mis putas tristes . English
- LAS FIC GAR
- PQ8180.17.A73 M4613 2005
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Latin American Studies | Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. | LAS FIC GAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 21/09/2024 | 014974 |
Memories of My Melancholy Whoresis 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 virgin, 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 Whoresis a brilliant gem by the master storyteller. From the Hardcover edition.
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