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The Joy of Being Awake
Héctor Joaquín Abad Faciolince
出版
Lumen Editions
, 1996
主題
Biography & Autobiography / General
Fiction / General
ISBN
1571290206
9781571290205
URL
http://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.