Synopsis A Colombian journalist looks back on a long life and on the women he has known and loved--or at least had sex with. As he celebrates his 90th birthday, he begins what he knows is his last sexual relationship, this time an unconsummated one with a virginal 14-year-old, whom he prefers to see asleep. He describes this strange liaison in his long-running newspaper column as an idyllic and ideal situation, and his avid readers are charmed. A 112-page novella, MEMORIES OF MY MELANCHOLY WHORES is Nobelist Gabriel García Márquez's first work of fiction in a decade.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2006-11-14 | | Series: | Vintage International Series | | Edition Description: | Reprint |
| Size | | Length: | 115 pages | | Height: | 8.0 in | | Width: | 5.3 in | | Thickness: | 0.2 in | | Weight: | 4.8 oz |
Publisher's Note Having decided to celebrate his ninetieth birthday by spending the night with a young virgin, an old man falls deeply in love for the first time in his life when he spots the girl at a local brothel. Reader's Guide available. Reprint. 150,000 first printing.
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