A literary novel set in a Caribbean port city at the turn of the twentieth century, Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez traces the enduring and complicated bond between Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza. From youthful infatuation to decades of separation, marriage, longing, and unexpected reunions, the story follows the evolution of love across time and circumstance. Through richly detailed settings and nuanced character development, Márquez examines romantic devotion, desire, aging, and the persistence of memory against a backdrop of social change and mortality. Blending emotional depth with precise narrative craft, the novel offers a profound exploration of how love transforms, survives, and redefines itself over the course of a lifetime.
Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Publisher: Vintage (Random House)
Year of Publication: 2007
Number of Pages: 434
Original Language: Spanish
Original Title: El amor en los tiempos del cólera
