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Memories of My Melancholy Whores
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“I would not have traded the delights of my suffering for anything in the world.�
The premise of Gabriel García Márquez's Memories of My Melancholy Whores is distasteful. For his 90th birthday, the narrator procures the services of a 14-year old virgin. After only having had sex with whores, what he doesn't count on is falling in love with the young girl. As might be expected, but almost as disturbing, this love is equally twisted and disturbing. I'm not sure if Marquez achieved his objective in this work. Did he want to show the impossibility of real love after years of debauchery? Or living life to the fullest? Or simply the emptiness of life in general? It was difficult for me to figure that out, but it did have great writing and packed an emotional punch. 3.5 stars
The premise of Gabriel García Márquez's Memories of My Melancholy Whores is distasteful. For his 90th birthday, the narrator procures the services of a 14-year old virgin. After only having had sex with whores, what he doesn't count on is falling in love with the young girl. As might be expected, but almost as disturbing, this love is equally twisted and disturbing. I'm not sure if Marquez achieved his objective in this work. Did he want to show the impossibility of real love after years of debauchery? Or living life to the fullest? Or simply the emptiness of life in general? It was difficult for me to figure that out, but it did have great writing and packed an emotional punch. 3.5 stars
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August 13, 2018
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August 13, 2018
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Nov 03, 2022 09:04AM
Thank you for answering my (unasked) questions. The title alone is enough to discouage me from buying or borrowing this book, let alone the description of "procures the services of a 14-year old virgin." Who knows what algorithm will put you on some watch list. No thank you, there are other books to read.
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I have read all Marquez books but not this one , I have a bad feeling about it maybe because of the cheap title? I don’t know. Would you recommend it ?
