El año de mis noventa años quise regalarme una noche de amor con una adolescente virgen.
An edition of Memoria de mis putas tristes
(2004)
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
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by Gabriel García Márquez
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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 and old madam procures for him, is splendidly young, with the silent power of a sleeping beauty. The night of love blossomes 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 Whores is a brilliant gem by the master storyteller.
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psychology, sexual behavior, prostitutes, Periodistas, novela, Vejez, Romans, Amours, Adolescentes, Hommes âgés, Latin America Author, Biography, Journalists, Ficción, Old age, Fiction, Erotic stories, Older men, Love stories, Translations from Spanish, Translations into Portuguese, Spanish fiction, Portuguese fiction, Older people, Latin america, fiction, Fiction (fictional works by one author), Man-woman relationships, fiction, Prostitutes, Novela colombianaPlaces
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Memories of My Melancholy Whores
2006 November, Vintage International
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Memories of My Melancholy Whores
2005, Random House Large Print
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Memories of My Melancholy Whores
2005, Alfred A. Knopf
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Οι θλιμμένες πουτάνες της ζωής μου
2004, Ekdotikos Organismos Livane
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Memoria de mis putas tristes
2004-10, Vintage Español
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Memoria de mis putas tristes
2004 October, Editorial Sudamericana / Mondadori
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"Cuenta la vida de este anciano solitario, un apasionado de la música clásica, nada aficionado de las mascotas y lleno de manías. Por él sabremos cómo en todas sus aventuras sexuales (que no fueron pocas) siempre dio a cambio algo de dinero, pero nunca imaginó que de ese modo encontraría el verdadero amor."-- P. [4] of cover.
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