Love in the Time of Cholera

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Gabriel García Márquez

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • "A love story of astonishing power" (Newsweek), the acclaimed modern literary classic by the beloved Nobel Prize-winning author.In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs--yet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again.

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Author

Gabriel García Márquez

Pages

368

Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Published Date

2014-10-15

ISBN

1101911115 9781101911112

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"Classic Márquez "

Meghan Young

"I understand this is meant to be one of the best stories ever told… I couldn’t get past the first 75 pages. "

Emily Calleja

"Loved this book! "

Joshua Maldonado

"While this was a worthwhile read, I’m afraid I wasn’t as wowed as I expected to be. It’s difficult to feel much empathy for two such self absorbed characters, and Florentino’s wasted years of waiting feels pathetic rather than tragic. However, the later portions achieve a luminous poignancy as the characters age and reflect on the inevitability of death. The ending is truly beautiful, but does not quite make up for the tedium of the rest."

Lesley Williams

"For advanced readers, just beautiful. "

Stella

"Bad book! Too many characters that so cared nothing about! The suicide in the beginning of the book isn't even a character really. The sexually exploits of the main character are gross, especially when he is an old man at the end and he is having sex with his ward!"

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Cheri Halla

"Right now I’m between Butler’s Parable of the Sower and Page’s Pageboy! How about you??"

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Aaron Wheeler

"Hated it"

Fran hirchAk

"I know that most people love this book. I didn't. I found it borning and it was extremely hard for me to finish it. I absolutely hated it."

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"I have to say, the scene where Fermina and Florentino come face to face for the first time since they began writing to one another was my favourite. I found it really shocking and interesting! What about you?"