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An edition of Memoria de mis putas tristes (2004)

Memories of My Melancholy Whores

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  • ★★★ ★ 3.75 ·
  • 4 Ratings
  • 39 Want to read
  • 0 Currently reading
  • 8 Have read

On the eve of his ninetieth birthday, our unnamed protagonist - an undistinguished journalist and lifelong bachelor - decides to give himself "the gift of a night of wild love with an adolescent virgin."

The virgin, whom and old madam procures for him, is splendidly young, with the silent power of a sleeping beauty. The night of love blossomes into a transforming year. It is a year in which he relives, in a rush of memories, his lifetime of (paid-for) sexual adventures and experiences a revelation that brings him to the edge of dying - not of old age, but, at long last, of uncorrupted love.

Memories of My Melancholy Whores is a brilliant gem by the master storyteller.

~from the book jacket

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Alfred A. Knopf, Knopf
Language
English
Pages
115

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Subjects
psychology, sexual behavior, prostitutes, Periodistas, novela, Vejez, Romans, Amours, Adolescentes, Hommes âgés, Latin America Author, Biography, Journalists, Ficción, Old age, Fiction, Erotic stories, Older men, Love stories, Translations from Spanish, Translations into Portuguese, Spanish fiction, Portuguese fiction, Older people, Latin america, fiction, Fiction (fictional works by one author), Man-woman relationships, fiction, Prostitutes, Novela colombiana
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Memories of My Melancholy Whores
2006 November, Vintage International
Paperback in English - First Vintage International edition (2)
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Cover of: わが悲しき娼婦たちの思い出
わが悲しき娼婦たちの思い出
2006, Shincho sha
in Japanese
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Memories of My Melancholy Whores
2005, Alfred A. Knopf
Hardcover in English - First edition
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Memories of My Melancholy Whores
2005, Random House Large Print
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Mémoire de mes putains tristes: roman
2005, Grasset
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Memories of My Melancholy Whores
2005, Jonathan Cape
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Memoria de mis putas tristes
2004-10, Vintage Español
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Οι θλιμμένες πουτάνες της ζωής μου
2004, Ekdotikos Organismos Livane
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Memoria de mis putas tristes
2004 October, Editorial Sudamericana / Mondadori
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Edition Notes

Copyright Date
2005

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
863.64
Library of Congress
PQ8180.17.A73 M4613 2005

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
115p.
Number of pages
115

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL38241724M
ISBN 10
140004460X
ISBN 13
9781400044603
LCCN
2005043591
OCLC/WorldCat
58431922
Goodreads
61271014

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"Cuenta la vida de este anciano solitario, un apasionado de la música clásica, nada aficionado de las mascotas y lleno de manías. Por él sabremos cómo en todas sus aventuras sexuales (que no fueron pocas) siempre dio a cambio algo de dinero, pero nunca imaginó que de ese modo encontraría el verdadero amor."-- P. [4] of cover.

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El año de mis noventa años quise regalarme una noche de amor con una adolescente virgen.
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