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MEMORIES OF MY MELANCHOLY WHORES
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Description for MEMORIES OF MY MELANCHOLY WHORES
Paperback. On the eve of his ninetieth birthday a newspaper columnist in Colombia decides to give himself 'a night of mad love with a virgin adolescent'. But on seeing this beautiful girl he falls deeply under her spell. His love for his 'Delgadina' causes him to recall all the women he has paid to perform acts of love. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 100.
Memories of My Melancholy Whores is a powerful novel about a man who so far has never felt love from Nobel Laureate Gabriel García Márquez, author of the One Hundred Years of Solitude.
'The year I turned ninety, I wanted to give myself the gift of a night of wild love with an adolescent virgin'
On the eve of his ninetieth birthday a newspaper columnist in Colombia decides to give himself 'a night of mad love with a virgin adolescent'. But on seeing this beautiful girl he falls deeply under her spell. His love for his 'Delgadina' ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
PENGUIN BOOKS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241968543
SKU
V9780241968543
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About Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1927-2014) was a short-story writer, novelist, journalist and a screenwriter from Colombia. He was a reporter for a Colombian newspaper, El Espectador, and also a foreign correspondent stationed in New York, Rome, Paris and Barcelona. Marquez is the author of numerous popular novels and short stories. He is well known for his unique literary style known as ... Read more
Reviews for MEMORIES OF MY MELANCHOLY WHORES
There is not one stale sentence, redundant word or unfinished thought
The Times
A velvety pleasure to read... Márquez has composed, with his usual sensual gravity and Olympian humour, a love letter to the dying light.
John Updike
The Times
A velvety pleasure to read... Márquez has composed, with his usual sensual gravity and Olympian humour, a love letter to the dying light.
John Updike