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*First-person narrator - About to be 100 years old, an unidentified journalist remembers an idea he had 10 years before: make love to a virgin adolescent. |
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*Rosa Cabarcas - Brothel owner and pump. |
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*Delgadita - 14-year-old virgin girl. |
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Revision as of 19:14, 7 July 2022
 First edition (Colombian) | |
| Author | Gabriel García Márquez |
|---|---|
| Original title | Memoria de mis putas tristes |
| Translator | Edith Grossman |
| Language | Spanish |
| Publisher | Editorial Norma (Colombia) Alfred A. Knopf (US) |
Publication date | 2004 |
| Publication place | Colombia |
Published in English | 2005 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 128 |
| ISBN | 978-1-4000-4460-3 |
| OCLC | 58431922 |
| 863/.64 22 | |
| LC Class | PQ8180.17.A73 M4613 2005 |
Memories of My Melancholy Whores (Template:Lang-es) is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez. The book was originally published in Spanish in 2004, with an English translation by Edith Grossman published in October 2005.
Plot
An old journalist, who has just celebrated his 90th birthday, seeks sex with a 14-year-old prostitute, who is selling her virginity to help her family. Instead of sex, he discovers love for the first time in his life.
List of characters
- First-person narrator - About to be 100 years old, an unidentified journalist remembers an idea he had 10 years before: make love to a virgin adolescent girl.
- Rosa Cabarcas - Brothel owner and pump.
- Delgadita - 14-year-old virgin girl.
- Florina de Dios Cargamantes - Narrator's mother.
- Damiana - Narrator's maid.
- Ximena Ortiz - Narrator's fiancée .
- Jerónimo Ortega - Journal chief censor.
- Editor-in-chief.
- J.M.B.- Famous banker.
- Sacramento Montiel - Brothel owner.
- Casilda Armenta - Former prostitute.
- Castorina - Prostitute with whom the narrator had his sexual debut.
- Narrator's angora cat.
Adaptation
In 2012, a joint film production of the novel by Spain, Denmark and Mexico was released by Danish film director, Henning Carlsen, and starring Emilio Echevarría, Olivia Molina, Ángela Molina and Geraldine Chaplin. The film received the Special Young Jury Prize at the Malaga Spanish Film Festival.[1]
References
- ^ "Tiene "Memoria de mis putas tristes" buen recibimiento en Málaga" (in Spanish). Provincia. 24 April 2012. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2012.
