by Gabriel García Márquez · Circulo De Lectores · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788467209617
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«Memoria de mis putas tristes» is the novel by Gabriel García Márquez, published by Círculo de Lectores in paperback (124 pages, in Spanish).
An elderly journalist decides to give himself, on turning ninety, a night of love with a virgin teenager. The encounter, arranged through Rosa Cabarcas in a clandestine house, awakens in him an unexpected infatuation that transforms his old age. The work reflects on solitude, desire and old age, and on how love can arrive when least expected, narrated with the author's characteristic style.
Published by Círculo de Lectores in 2004. The paperback edition has 124 pages. Work by Gabriel García Márquez, Nobel Prize in Literature.
For readers of contemporary fiction in Spanish and followers of Latin American magical realism.
Gabriel José García Márquez was a Colombian writer and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo or Gabito throughout Latin America. Considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century, particularly in the Spanish language, he was awarded the 1972 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literature. He pursued a self-directed education that resulted in leaving law school for a career in journalism. From early on he showed no inhibitions in his criticism of Colombian and foreign politics. In 1958, he married Mercedes Barcha Pardo; they had two sons, Rodrigo and Gonzalo.
