Memories of My Melancholy Whores

The book starts with the main character, a journalist at his nineties, who decides to offer himself a brave birthday present: a night with a very young virgin. So he calls his favorite brothel to get a dalliance for himself.Despite the fact that all his life he used to pay for women, even they didn’t’ agree, or they didn’t have this “profession,” the unnamed character experiences something else with this virgin young girl. They never have sex, as the old man discovers that his only will is to watch her sleep and to have her around. This actually becomes the pattern of their relationship.His attitude could seem crazy or disturbing for the reader, but for me, it looked like a scream or a wishing to get a final shot of youthfulness, before his death.This novel is hard to forget, just like the woman who still haunts the protagonist’s memory.

On the eve of his 90th birthday , a not very likeable bachelor decides to give himself a wild night of love with a virgin. The girl who is procured for him is enchanting but exhausted from working all dayin a factory + caring for her siblings , she can do little but sleep .What follows is a cross between Dostoevsky's Notes From Underground + Nabokov's Lolita.Detached from the sordid reality of prostitution , Memories Of My Melancholy Whores is dream-like and surreal . Short + succinct , it glitters like a clear gem .

Another of Gabriel Garcia Marquez' masterpieces. Arrived on time, well packaged.

I'm looking forward to reading it, having received the item today. Although, the story does look a bit short!

I love the crazy world of Marquez

Always a Marquez fan and this didn’t disappoint

Excellent story

Wonderful Book Beautifully written