Вспоминая моих несчастных шлюшек

V1994 godu Gabriėlʹ Garsia Markes opublikoval roman "O li͡ubvi i prochikh besakh", posle chego nadolgo zamolchal. V 2003 godu vyshel pervyĭ tom ego memuarov, vesʹ mir zhdal prodolzhenii͡a, kak vdrug na knizhnykh prilavkakh poi͡avilasʹ ėta nebolʹshai͡a povestʹ so skandalʹnym nazvaniem. Povestʹ o pore, kogda zhelanii͡a eshche zhivy, a sily uzhe na iskhode, - i o strannoĭ, pochti misticheskoĭ li͡ubvi, nastigsheĭ cheloveka v kont͡se bezdarno prozhitoĭ zhizni, polnoĭ unyloĭ raboty i poshlogo, sluchaĭnogo seksa. Li͡ubovʹ, sluchivshai͡asi͡a teperʹ, gibelʹna i prekrasna, ona napolni͡aet sushchestvovanie geroi͡a novym smyslom - i pozvoli͡aet emu na mgnovenie uvidetʹ bez prikras i illi͡uziĭ vsi͡u krasotu, zhestokostʹ i bystrotechnostʹ bytii͡a. . . Pervyĭ tirazh ispanoi͡azychnogo izdanii͡a sostavil 1 million ėkzempli͡arov!

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!