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My Sad Whores Book Description: Are you ready to feel the excitement of the untouched and unusual love of a former journalist living at the end of his life? Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who is considered one of the greatest writers in the world, deals with an extraordinary love in his work My Sad Whores. Drawing a different perspective on love, the author presents sadness and enthusiasm together in an impressive way. In this short but equally striking work, Marquez does not abandon the magical realism movement of which he is one of the strongest representatives. My Sad Whores, which generally appeals to novel readers, has a quality that can be appreciated by these book lovers. Why should you read "My Sad Whores"? The protagonists of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's work My Sad Whores, nicknamed Gabo, are a 90-year-old former journalist and 14-year-old Delgadina. At the beginning of the story, the former journalist wants to give himself a newspaper for his ninetieth birthday. This journalist, who has never been married throughout his life, spent his life in brothels, and has only had sex with women by paying for them, calls the patroness of a brothel he used to know and expresses that he wants to be with a virgin girl. Thus begins the old man's extraordinary love affair. 14-year-old Delgadina, who was presented to her by the brothel boss, sleeps whenever the journalist leaves. The old man spends his days watching Delgadina sleeping whenever he leaves, and in a way, he beautifies her death with love. When you want to feel all the emotions created by love, you can read Marquez's work called My Sad Whores. Did you know these? My Sad Whores, or originally known as Memoria de Mis Putas Tristes, was first presented to book lovers in 2004. The translation of the work into Turkish was made by author and translator İnci Kut in 2005. My Sad Whores, which can be read in one breath with its fluent and striking narrative, is also of great importance as it is the last novel of the author Gabriel Garcia Marquez. In the novel, which takes place in Barranquilla, Colombia, in the 1960s, first person singular is preferred as the language. The work was adapted to the big screen in 2011 with its original name (IMDb: 6.2/109) by director Henning Carlsen and screenwriter Jean-Claude Carriere. Our other recommendations for those who like this book are Gabriel Garcia Marquez's work My Sad Whores, one of the world's leading writers. If you like it, we have other suggestions for you. You can take a look at the works called Red Monday, Love in the Time of Cholera and Leaf Storm, which are also signed by the master author.
This work, published by Can Publications and written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, is now on Books in the World.