Memories Of My Melancholy Whores

Memories Of My Melancholy Whores by Gabriel Marquez


ISBN
9780224077644
Published
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
128
Dimensions
138 x 223 x 16mm

'Memories Of My Melancholy Whores' is Gabriel Garc-a M-rquez's first work of fiction in ten years and it fully lives up to the expectations of his critics, readers, and fans of all ages and nationalities.

'Memories Of My Melancholy Whores' introduces us to a totally new genre of Garc-a M-rquez's writing. It is a fairy tale for the aged - a story that celebrates the belated discovery of amorous passion in old age. This enticingly sensual yet at the same time innocent adventure tells of an unnamed second-rate reporter who on the eve of his 90th birthday decides to give himself 'a night of mad love with a virgin adolescent'. In a little more than 100 pages, Garc-a M-rquez proceeds to describe a series of encounters that is hypnotising and disturbing. When he first sees the chosen girl - a shy 14-year-old, whom he calls Delgadina - asleep, entirely naked, in the brothel room, his life begins to change completely. He never speaks to her nor does he learn anything about her, nor she of him. But her presence spurs the aged pensioner to recall his experiences with the other women in his life, all whores by profession, all paid to perform for him the acts of love. But now he realizes that 'sex is the consolation one has for not finding enough love'. Smitten, he screams of his love from the rooftops, which for him means writing about it in his weekly newspaper columns, and in return, he becomes the most famous man in his town.
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