El Amor En Los Tiempos del Cólera / Love in the Time of Cholera, (Paperback)

from dawnpen

It's enough to say that the writing is a way of living with someone who does not love you, or takes a long time to, or loves very badly. It's the listening and being listened to. And it's enormous. Bigger than the things you give up and the things you don't find, bigger than despair.

from Katie_H

A modern classic, Marquez's masterpiece is a thorough examination of LOVE. On the surface, it may seem that the story of Florentino and Fermina, one of unrequited love, is the main subject, as this story is interwoven throughout the novel. Florentino and Fermina meet as adolescents and fall in lo...

from mlgonzales

A fifty-year love triangle between Fermina Daza, Florentino Ariza, and Doctor Juvenal Urbino in the late 19th century and the first decades of the 20th century. Literally translated in Spanish, "tener un arranque de cólera," means to have an attack of cholera, but figuratively means to be very an...

from RidgewayGirl

This is a book. Going in, I knew that it was a modern classic of South American literature and both Worthy and Important, after all, I've had a copy for at least three decades, the bookmark sitting sadly between page 36 and page 37. I was unprepared, however, for the experience of reading it. Rea...

from Crazymamie

I had to let this book settle a bit before I could review it because I was so disappointed with it when I first finished reading it. So what didn't I like about it? Well... I thought that part of what was presented at the beginning of the book as a bit of a mystery to me would be addressed in the...