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Memories Of My Melancholy Whores

Memories Of My Melancholy Whores

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Memories Of My Melancholy Whores

by Garcia Marquez, Gabriel

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ISBN 10
140004460X
ISBN 13
9781400044603
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New York: Alfred a Knopf, 2005. First Edition . Cloth. Fine/Fine. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. A short piece from the master. First edition stated, fine in a fine jacket.

Synopsis

Memories of My Melancholy Whores 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.

Reviews

On Apr 10 2014, CloggieDownunder said:
Memories of my Melancholy Whores is the tenth novel by Colombian author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The narrator is a second-rate journalist who decides to treat himself to a virgin on the eve of his ninetieth birthday. As he is a very frequent customer of his local brothels, the madam duly arranges a fourteen-year-old virgin for him. But he finds himself and, in fact, his whole attitude to life changed by the sight of the young, naked, sleeping girl. He is apparently in love for the first time in his life, but whilst he leaves her virginity intact, his descriptions of her do bring to mind the word paedophile. And the discussion he has with one of his previous whores about the relationship with the young virgin is no less disturbing. Into the story at various times come art and music, a bicycle, an angora cat, a housekeeper and a birthday party. Marquez’s lack of punctuation for dialogue requires careful reading to ascertain just who is speaking. While fans of this lauded author may enjoy this compact offering, many other readers may well wonder what the fuss is about.

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Bookseller
Books, Interesting and Odd & Sleepyside Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
002279
Title
Memories Of My Melancholy Whores
Author
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel
Format/Binding
Cloth
Book Condition
Used - Fine
Jacket Condition
Fine
Quantity Available
1
Edition
First Edition
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
140004460X
ISBN 13
9781400044603
Publisher
Alfred a Knopf
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
2005
Size
12mo - over 6¾" - 7&
X weight
0 lbs

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