Memories of My Melancholy Whores: Ausgezeichnet: Nobel Prize, 1982 (Vintage International)

Paperback. Pub Date :2006-10-01 Pages: 118 Language: English Publisher: Vintage Memories of My Melancholy Whores is Gabriel Garcia Marquezs first work of fiction in ten years and it fully lives up to the expectations of his critics. readers. and .. fans of all ages and nationalities Memories of My Melancholy Whores introduces us to a totally new genre of Garcia Marquezs writing It is a fairy tale for the aged - a story that celebrates the belated discovery of amorous passion in old age.This enticingly sensual yet at the same time innocent adventure 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. In a little more than 100 pages. Garcia Marquez proceeds to describe a series of encounters that is hypnotising and disturbing When he first sees the chosen girl -. a shy fourteen-...