Love in the Time of Cholera

A love that begins in youth. A lifetime spent apart. More than fifty years of waiting for another chance.

When Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love as young people, Florentino believes their future together is certain. But Fermina ultimately chooses a different path, marrying the accomplished Dr. Juvenal Urbino and building a life with him.

Heartbroken but unable to let go of his first love, Florentino spends decades building his career and pursuing other relationships, all while holding onto the belief that one day he and Fermina may have another chance.

More than fifty years after he first declared his love, fate finally brings Florentino back to Fermina’s door.

Love in the Time of Cholera is Gabriel García Márquez’s celebrated exploration of love in its many forms—young and old, romantic and obsessive, fleeting and enduring. Set against a richly drawn Caribbean backdrop, it is a sweeping literary story about desire, memory, aging, mortality, and the extraordinary persistence of the human heart.

Perfect for readers who love: literary fiction, Latin American literature, sweeping love stories, complicated relationships, historical settings, modern classics, and novels exploring love across a lifetime.

Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Translator: Edith Grossman
Genre: Literary Fiction / Historical Fiction / Romance
Language: English
Format: Paperback
Pages: 368
Publisher: Vintage
EAN/ISBN: 9780307389732