Memories of My Melancholy Whores

A New York Times Notable Book

On the eve of his ninetieth birthday a bachelor decides to give himself a wild night of love with a virgin. As is his habit-he has purchased hundreds of women-he asks a madam for her assistance. The fourteen-year-old girl who is procured for him is enchanting, but exhausted as she is from caring for siblings and her job sewing buttons, she can do little but sleep. Yet with this sleeping beauty at his side, it is he who awakens to a romance he has never known.

Tender, knowing, and slyly comic, Memories of My Melancholy Whores is an exquisite addition to the master's work.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 11/14/2006
ISBN: 9781400095940
Pages: 115
Weight: 0.28lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.30d

Review Citations: New York Times 11/19/2006 pg. 28