Memories of My Melancholy Whores
Ranked #47 in Spanish, Ranked #58 in Nobel — see more rankings.
Memories of My Melancholy Whores is 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 girl, whom an old madam procures for him, is splendidly young, with the silent power of a sleeping beauty. The... more
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 girl, whom an old madam procures for him, is splendidly young, with the silent power of a sleeping beauty. The... more
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- #59 in Latin
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