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Memories of My Melancholy Whores (Spanish: Memoria de mis putas tristes) is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez. The book was originally published in Spanish in 2004, with an English translation by Edith Grossman published in October 2005.
- Gabriel García Márquez, Edith Grossman
- 2004
Oct 19, 2004 · Memories of My Melancholy Whores is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez. The book was originally published in Spanish in 2004. An old journalist, who has just celebrated his 90th birthday, seeks sex with a young prostitute, who is selling her virginity to help her family.
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Nov 14, 2006 · Memories of My Melancholy Whores. Paperback – November 14, 2006. by Gabriel García Márquez (Author), Edith Grossman (Translator) 4.4 1,026 ratings. See all formats and editions. A New York Times Notable Book. On the eve of his ninetieth birthday a bachelor decides to give himself a wild night of love with a virgin.
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About Memories of My Melancholy Whores. A New York Times Notable Book On the eve of his ninetieth birthday a bachelor decides to give himself a wild night of love with a virgin. As is his habit–he has purchased hundreds of women–he asks a madam for her assistance.
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Nov 6, 2005 · The hero and heroine of "Memories of My Melancholy Whores" are a 90-year-old man and a 14-year-old girl, both nameless, who meet periodically in a room in Rosa Cabarcas's brothel -- "the theater...
Mar 6, 2014 · 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...
Oct 15, 2014 · Books. Memories of My Melancholy Whores. Gabriel García Márquez. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Oct 15, 2014 - Fiction - 128 pages. AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN eBOOK! A New York Times...
