Memories of My Melancholy Whores

Memories of My Melancholy Whores is Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez-s first work of fiction in ten years, written at the height of his powers, the Spanish edition of which Ilan Stavans called, -Masterful. Erotic. As hypnotizing as it is disturbing- (Los Angeles Times).

On the eve of his ninetieth birthday, our unnamed protagonist-an undistinguished journalist and lifelong bachelor-d Memories of My Melancholy Whores is Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez-s first work of fiction in ten years, written at the height of his powers, the Spanish edition of which Ilan Stavans called, -Masterful. Erotic. As hypnotizing as it is disturbing- (Los Angeles Times).

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 girl, whom an old madam procures for him, is splendidly young, with the silent power of a sleeping beauty. The night of love blossoms 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.