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On the eve of his ninetieth birthday, a bachelor decides to give himself a wild night of love with a virgin. As is his habit—he has purchased hundreds of women—he asks a madam for her assistance. The fourteen-year-old girl who is procured for him is enchanting, but exhausted as she is from caring for siblings and her job sewing buttons, she can do little but sleep. Yet with this sleeping beauty at his side, it is he who awakens to a romance he has never known.
Tender, knowing, and slyly comic, Memories of My Melancholy Whores is an exquisite addition to a master's work.
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"This novella is an exquisite ode to aging and love, although takes the reader into areas of discomfort and taboo. But it's the art of writing in the hands of a master who no doubt has woven in many autobiographical aspects. The narration is well done and pulls the listener into the work. Sad, surprising, poignant and uplifting all at once. "
— TomC (5 out of 5 stars)
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“García Márquez…has composed, with his usual sensual gravity and Olympian humor, a love letter to the dying light.”
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“Luminous…The cunning of Memories of My Melancholy Whores lies in the utter—and utterly unexpected—reliability of its narrator.”
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“Profoundly haunting…Fiction of the very highest order.”
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“Masterful. Erotic. As hypnotizing as it is disturbing.”
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“Unforgettable…Classic García Márquez.”
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“For heaven’s sake read it. It is as accomplished a piece of storytelling as you are likely to find on the shelves today.”
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“The Colombian master storyteller’s latest novel is grounded in the steamy atmosphere and gamey politics of his native country; at the same time, in the universality of its theme, it transcends the peculiar traits of his bougainvillea-filled homeland. Composed with the metaphorical lyricism of a parable but without that narrative form’s usual moralizing intent, García Marquez’s novel briefly but piquantly captures a single year toward the end of a long string of years in the life of a nonagenarian…García Marquez’s beautiful, poignant story both avoids sentimentality and escapes salaciousness.”
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“Flashes of García Márquez’s brilliant imagery…illuminate the novella, and there are striking insights into the euphoria that is the flip side of the fear of death.”
— Publishers Weekly
Awards
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Winner of the 2005 Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction
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A 2005 New York Times Book Review Notable Book
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About Gabriel García Márquez
Gabriel García Márquez (1927–2014) was an author, journalist, and novelist who is considered one of the most influential writers of the twenty-first century, particularly in the Spanish language. He was awarded the 1972 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature.
About Thom Rivera
Thom Rivera is a multiple Earphones Award–winning narrator. He is also a classically trained television, film, theater, and voice actor. He has toured nationally and performed at regional theatres and Shakespeare Festivals throughout the US. On television, he can be seen in Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, New Girl, The Mindy Project, and the CBS series Zoo.