Love In The Time Of Cholera

De jóvenes, Florentino Ariza y Fermina Daza se enamoran apasionadamente, pero Fermina eventualmente decide casarse con un médico rico y de muy buena familia. Florentino está anonadado, pero es un romántico. Su carrera en los negocios florece, y aunque sostiene 622 pequeños romances, su corazón todavía pertenece a Fermina. Cuando al fin el esposo de ella muere, Florentino acude al funeral con toda intención. A los cincuenta años, nueve meses y cuatro días de haberle profesado amor a Fermina, lo hará una vez más. Con sagacidad humorística y depurado estilo, García Márquez traza la historia excepcional de un amor que no ha sido correspondido por medio siglo. Aunque nunca parece estar propiamente contenido, el amor fluye a través de la novela de mil maneras –alegre, melancólico, enriquecedor, siempre sorprendente-.

This volume contains ten essays from leading critics on Gabriel García Márquez's Love in the Time of Cholera. It opens with a brief introduction by Harold Bloom (Yale U.) and concludes with a chronology. Sample topics include García Márquez's ambiguous feminism, his novel's advocacy of heroic individuality, and the seductive nature of its narrative. The different representations of temporality in the novel are also explored. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Anne Tyler

One of this century's most evocative writers. —Chicago Sun-Times

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 heartbroken, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairsyet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again. 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 heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again Set On The Caribbean Coast Of South America, This Love Story Brings Together Fermina Daza And Florentino Ariza, A Man Who Has Secretly Loved Her For More Than Fifty Years, On The Day Of Her Husband's Funeral. Reprint. 50,000 First Printing. Set on the Caribbean coast of South America, this love story brings together Fermina Daza, her distinguished husband, and a man who has secretly loved her for more than fifty years