Memoria de mis putas tristes (Spanish Edition)

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By: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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“El año de mis noventa años quise regalarme una noche de amor con una adolescente virgen.”

Un viejo periodista decide festejar sus noventa años a lo grande, dándose un regalo que le hará sentir que todavía está vivo: una jovencita. En el prostíbulo de un pintoresco pueblo, ve a la jovencita de espaldas, completamente desnuda, y su vida cambia radicalmente. Ahora que la conoce se encuentra a punto de morir, pero no por viejo, sino de amor.

Así, Memoria de mis putas tristes cuenta la vida de este anciano solitario lleno de man’as. Por él sabremos cómo en todas sus aventuras sexuales (que no fueron pocas) siempre dio a cambio algo de dinero, pero nunca imagino que de ese modo encontrar’a el verdadero amor.

Esta nueva novela es una conmovedora reflexión que celebra las alegrías del enamoramiento y contempla las desventuras de la vejez, escrito en el estilo incomparable de Gabriel García Márquez.



“In my ninetieth year, I decided to give myself the gift of a night of love with a young virgin.”

An elderly journalist decides to celebrate his 90 years in a grand way, giving himself a present that will make him feel like he’s still alive: a virgin. In the brothel of a picturesque town, he sees the young woman from the back, completely naked, and his life changes radically. Now that he meets her he finds himself close to dying, not of old age, but rather of love.

Memoria de mis putas tristes is the story of this eccentric, solitary old man, a narrative of his sexual adventures (of which there were many), for which he always paid, never imagining that this would be the way he would discover true love.

This new novel, written in Gabriel García Márquez’s incomparable style movingly, contemplates the misfortunes of old age and celebrates the joys of being in love.


From the Hardcover edition.

PRODUCT DETAILS

Publisher: Vintage
Pub. Date: 19th October 2004
Catalog: Book
Media: Paperback
Number Of Pages: 112
Ean: 9781400095803
Isbn: 1400095808

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USER REVIEWS

Great book!!!
~ Written on Nov 2, 2009. out of users found this review helpful.

I am not a reader, but once I started reading this book, I was unable to stop. Everything you are looking for, on a short novel.

a moving interesting story
~ Written on Aug 2, 2009. out of users found this review helpful.

I picked this book up in Spain because i wanted to read a book in Spanish. it was the first one i ever completed. and no mystery to that, as its so short. but i mean honestly i liked the topic, i liked how it delved into the taboo topics of prostitution and what goes on there. i thought it was interesting and moving and i appreciated the prose.

Magnífica lectura, pero no recomendable para todos los públicos
~ Written on Mar 10, 2009. out of users found this review helpful.

La prosa de García Márquez es sencillamente brillante, cada párrafo es una obra de arte.


El libro acerca las realidades de una Colombia muy actual en una historia conmovedora y a la vez escalofriante--por lo creíble del argumento, y por lo delicado de uno de los principales temas tratados: la prostitución infantil--. Es por ello que lo desaconsejaría a personas muy sensibles o susceptibles.

INTENSA!
~ Written on Feb 22, 2009. out of users found this review helpful.

Memoria de MIS Putas Tristes (Spanish Edition)
FACIL DE LEER, AMENA, BREVE E INTENSA!

Interesante y trasgresor
~ Written on Jan 30, 2009. out of users found this review helpful.

This is a novel about edgy issues from the title, it is a very good description of the way women are seen as objects in Latin culture, but the depiction is not just chauvinistic, it is a loving portrait of a very flawed man and his very flawed view of the world, and his attempts to find happiness amidst all those limitations. It is beautifully written, melancholic and honest. The Spanish is hard for non-natives, I wouldnt recommend this book just to practice your language skills.

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