Love in the Time of Cholera (Vintage International)
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (656 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00NKDOZNM |
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| Number of Pages | : | 239 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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When circumstances both comic and mystical offer Fermina and Florentino a second chance, during a time in their lives that is often regarded as promising only inevitable degeneration toward death, Garcia Marquez beautifully reveals true love's soil not in the convention of marriage but in the simple, timeless rituals that are its cement. It is a fully mature novel in scope and perspective, flawlessly translated, as rich in ideas as in humanity. We meet Florentino Ariza, more antihero than hero, a mock Don Juan with an undertaker's demeanor, at once pathetic, grotesque and endearing, when he seizes the memorably unseemly occasion of Urbino's funeral to reiterate to Fermina the vow of love he first ut
The writing in this book is beautiful, detailed and evocative maura mulcahy The writing in this book is beautiful, detailed and evocative. The plot boy meets girlfalls in lovebut fate keeps them apart and 50 years of watching her and waiting for her to be free again (while conducting numerous affairs) he then sets out to woo her all over again.The main character Florentino is a rather creepy and obsessive c. Jason Argentum said Beautifully written, but problematic.. This is a difficult book for me to review, because there are two factors at work here that for me are at very much at odds.On the one hand, Love in the Time of Cholera is a beautifully written book, rich with imagery and emotive language. This is all the more impressive when you consider how difficult it must be to translate any wor. "One great love story" according to Ernest Boehm. I was so suprised by this book. A love story that is realistic because of the lover's imperfection. Love is not a stagent idea in this book. One sees both the pragmatism of rejected love and devotion to the idea of love. The characters are unpredictable and complex. The main love triange in the story is suported by the richness of s
Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again.. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs--yet he reserves his heart for Fermina. AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN eBOOK!In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic