In 1994, Gabriel Garcia Marquez published the novel "About Love and other Demons," after which he fell silent for a long time. In 2003, the first volume of his memoirs was released, the whole world was waiting for a sequel, when suddenly this little story with a scandalous title appeared on the bookshelves. The story is about a time when desires are still alive, but forces are already running out, and about a strange, almost mystical love that overtook a person at the end of a poorly lived life full of dull work and vulgar, casual sex. The love that has happened now is disastrous and beautiful, it fills the hero's existence with a new meaning - and allows him to see for a moment without embellishment and illusions all the beauty, cruelty and transience of existence. The first print run of the Spanish-language edition was 1 million copies!