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Description
In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermino 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... read more
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Memorable Quotes
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“Each man is a master of his own death, and all that we can do when the time comes is to help him die without fear of pain.”
Dr. Juvenal Urbino -
“The world is divided into those who screw and those who do not.”
Florentino Ariza -
“The problem in public life is learning to overcome terror; the problem in married life is learning to overcome boredom.”
Fermina Daza -
“Humanity, like armies in the field, advances at the speed of the slowest.”
Dr. Urbino Daza -
“... human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.”
First Sentence
It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.
Table of Contents
Authors & Contributors
- Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Edith Grossman (Translator)
Awards
- Oprah's Book Club selection (2007)
- BBC's Big Read (2003: Best-Loved Novel, #97)
- Waterstones Books of the Century (1997, #43)
- New York Times Best Books of the Year (1988)
- New York Times Bestseller (1988: Fiction)
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