Memories Of My Melancholy Whores

He was never married, never loved and never gone to bed with a woman he didn´t pay. But on finding a young girl naked and asleep on the brothel owner´s ned, a passion is ignited in his heart - and he feels, for the first time, the urgent pangs of love. Each night, exhausted by her factory work, "Delgadina" sleeps peacefully whilst he watches her quietly. During these solitary early hours, his love for her deepens and the finds himself reflecting on his newky found passion and the loveless life he has led. By day, his columns in the local newspaper are read avidly by those who recognise in his outpourings the enlivening and tranformatice power of love.