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The Joy of Being Awake
Héctor Joaquín Abad Faciolince
出版Lumen Editions, 1996
主題Biography & Autobiography / GeneralFiction / General
ISBN15712902069781571290205
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=cPxeAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Saint or sinner? Moralist or scoundrel? Ascetic or voluptuary? The reader must draw his or her own conclusions as Don Gregorio Benjamin Gaspar de Medina, aging memoirist and protagonist, offers up for scrutiny the events of his checkered life and the substance of his diverse opinions. His narrative begins at the age of 15 at his family's Colombian countryside villa, when he simultaneously discovers that he is wealthy and that kisses are not shared only with the lips. Six decades later in Vienna, the story culminates with his marriage to the delectable Cunegonde Bonaventura, his erstwhile secretary and transcriber of his memoirs.