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Amazon.com Review "The year I turned ninety, I wanted to give myself the gift of a night of wild love with an adolescent virgin." So begins Memories of My Melancholy Whores, and it becomes even more unlikely as the novel unfolds. This slim volume contains the story of the sad life of an unnamed, only slightly talented Colombian journalist and teacher, never married, never in love, living in the crumbling family manse. He calls Rosa Cabarcas, madame of the city's most successful brothel, to seek her assistance. Rosa tells him his wish is impossible-and then calls right back to say that she has found the perfect girl. The protagonist says of himself: "I have never gone to bed with a woman I didn't pay... by the time I was fifty there were 514 women with whom I had been at least once... My public life, on the other hand, was lacking in interest: both parents dead, a bachelor without a future, a mediocre journalist... and a favorite of caricaturists because of my exemplary ugliness." The girl is 14 and works all day in a factory attaching buttons in order to provide for her family. Rosa gives her a combination of bromide and valerian to drink to calm her nerves, and when the prospec

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Author

Márquez, Gabriel García

Language

EN

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction

Rating

3.59 / 5 (841 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14