Memories Of My Melancholy Whores
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Memories Of My Melancholy Whores by Marquez Gabriel Garcia
Contemplates the misfortunes of old age, and celebrates the joys of being in love. This work tells of an unnamed second-rate reporter who on the eve of his ninetieth birthday decides to give himself 'a night of mad love with a virgin adolescent'.
"Magic and cynicism, love and power, corruption and redemption: these abrasive pairings are hallmarks of the magic realism that Garcia Marquez is famous for pioneeringYet his voice is never genre-bound or predictable. There is not in this slender book one stale sentence, redundant word or unfinished thought" -- Ruth Scurr The Times "Marquez describes this amorous, sometimes disturbing journey with the grace and vigour of a master storyteller" -- Eithne Farry Daily Mail "[A] tender fantasy of loneliness, hope and redemption...this enchanting little book adds another layer to his unhurried fictional world" -- Angel Gurria-Quintana Financial Times
Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born in 1927 near Aracataca, Colombia. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. He is the author of One Hundred Years of Solitude, Love in the Time of Cholera, Living to Tell the Tale, among other works of fiction and non-fiction. This book is translated by Edith Grossman, widely recognized as the pre-eminent Spanish to English translator of our time.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780224077644 |
| ISBN 10 | 0224077643 |
| Title | Memories Of My Melancholy Whores |
| Author | Marquez Gabriel Garcia |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2005-10-27 |
| Number of pages | 128 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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