“García Márquez…has composed, with his usual
sensual gravity and Olympian humor, a love letter to the dying light.”

“Luminous…The cunning of Memories of My Melancholy Whores lies
in the utter—and utterly unexpected—reliability of its narrator.”

“Profoundly haunting…Fiction of the very highest
order.”

“Masterful. Erotic. As hypnotizing as it is
disturbing.”

“Unforgettable…Classic García Márquez.”

“For heaven’s sake read it. It is as accomplished a piece of storytelling as you
are likely to find on the shelves today.”

“The Colombian master storyteller’s latest novel
is grounded in the steamy atmosphere and gamey politics of his native country;
at the same time, in the universality of its theme, it transcends the peculiar
traits of his bougainvillea-filled homeland. Composed with the metaphorical
lyricism of a parable but without that narrative form’s usual moralizing
intent, García Marquez’s novel briefly but piquantly captures a single year
toward the end of a long string of years in the life of a
nonagenarian…García Marquez’s beautiful, poignant story both avoids
sentimentality and escapes salaciousness.”

“Flashes of García Márquez’s brilliant imagery…illuminate
the novella, and there are striking insights into the euphoria that is the flip
side of the fear of death.”