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Memories of My Melancholy Whores

» Gabriel García Márquez

Penguin
Paperback : 02 Aug 2007

£8.99

‘The year I turned ninety, I wanted to give myself a gift of a night of wild love with an adolescent virgin’

Synopsis

He has never married, never loved and never gone to bed with a woman he didn’t pay. But on finding a young girl naked and asleep on the brothel owner’s bed, a passion is ignited in his heart – and he feels, for the first time, the urgent pangs of love.

Each night, exhausted by her factory work, ‘Delgadina’ sleeps peacefully whilst he watches her quietly. During these solitary early hours, his love for her deepens and he finds himself reflecting on his newly found passion and the loveless life he has led. By day, his columns in the local newspaper are read avidly by those who recognise in his outpourings the enlivening and transformative power of love.

Product details

Format : Paperback
ISBN: 9780141028736
Size : 129 x 198mm
Pages : 128
Published : 02 Aug 2007
Publisher : Penguin

Memories of My Melancholy Whores

» Gabriel García Márquez

£8.99


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