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Memories of My Melancholy Whores

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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.
--back cover

Language: English

Pages: 115

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Vintage

Release: November 14, 2006

ISBN: 1400095948

ISBN 13: 9781400095940

Memories of My Melancholy Whores

3.5/5 ( ratings)

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.
--back cover

Language: English

Pages: 115

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Vintage

Release: November 14, 2006

ISBN: 1400095948

ISBN 13: 9781400095940

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