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Love in the Time of Cholera
 

Love in the Time of Cholera (Vintage International)

by Gabriel García Márquez

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... (read more)

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Liked It

2 of 2 members found this review helpful.
LCillessen
  • Rated 4 stars

“This book reads like a song--Marquez writes with a lyrical power that just carried me along for the ride. The way he moves the story between its characters is absolutely genius. This is not an easy read, and I would recommend you try on some other Marquez writing (or at least other Latin American writing) before attempting this. I loved it.”

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Didn’t Like It

3 of 4 members found this review helpful.
julibug
  • Rated 1 stars

“I truly hated this book. I found the love story immature and unlikely. It was hard to keep track of the characters, their names were all too similar. As usual, I don't usually like any of the Oprah books.”

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  • Rated 3.916585 stars
Amazon:
  • Rated 4.5 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • Alicia I

    alicia i said:

    “Fermina es la más afortunada de los seres! Lo describe perfectamente G.García Marquez y es un placer inmenso leerlo!”

    posted Sunday, August 24 2008
  • Widad Arafat

    widad arafat said:

    “this french writer had the nobel prize...& this novel was acted as a movie a few months ago..i didn't like it very much...it's not suitable 4 muslims..it doesn't agree with our religion or traditions..but the writer had a great way in writing...writing but for BAD ideas !!!...I COULDN'T READ IT ALL...that's my review...and i'm proud to say it...because i'm a muslim...:):):)”

    posted Tuesday, July 29 2008 ( | view 3 replies )
  • fariba r

    fariba r said:

    “He is a master story teller and i like the style of gabriel.”

    posted Sunday, July 13 2008 ( | view 1 reply )
  • Emily C

    emily c said:

    “I also really enjoyed this book, but agree with "Solitary" and was completely disgusted by his sexual relationship with the young girl, America (a cousin, or some sort of blood relative no less!). It was very perverted! I thought maybe at the end there would be a twist in which America would end up on the river boat with them at the end and kill either one or both of them...but instead she killed herself--it was a really disturbing and distracting episode in the book. However, I really enjoyed this book because of Marquez's storytelling and his incredible use of language, and his handling of the theme of love. His final message seems to be that love is real, true love endures everything, and we can never stop loving, no matter how old we are.”

    posted Friday, July 11 2008
  • maia

    maia said:

    “Oh but I like the style of Marquez. It's true he is such a good story teller. His style is truly fantastic. Great style and the way he switched from one memory to another. Realistic...But i still hate the characters...”

    posted Friday, July 11 2008
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