Love In The Time Of Cholera

Nobel prize winner and author of One Hundred Years of Solitude Gabriel García Márquez tells a tale of an unrequited love that outlasts all rivals in his masterpiece Love in the Time of Cholera. Fifty-one years, nine months and four days have passed since Fermina Daza rebuffed hopeless romantic Florentino Ariza's advances and married Dr Juvenal Urbino instead. During that half-century, Florentino has fallen into the arms of many women, but has loved none but Fermina. Having sworn his eternal love to her, he lives for the day when he can court her again. When Fermina's husband is killed, Florentino seizes his chance to declare his enduring love. Can young love find new life in the twilight of their lives? Quotes praising the author and the book are also included.