In this timeless masterpiece by Nobel Prize–winning author Gabriel García Márquez, love endures across decades, surviving separation, marriage, and the passage of time. Set in a vibrant Caribbean port city, Love in the Time of Cholera follows Florentino Ariza, a man consumed by his devotion to Fermina Daza. After she marries another, Florentino spends more than fifty years waiting for the moment he can finally reclaim her heart.
Through rich, lyrical prose and deep emotional insight, García Márquez explores the nature of desire, aging, and the ways love transforms over a lifetime. Blending realism with touches of the magical, this novel celebrates the persistence of human longing and the beauty found in imperfection.
Technical details
Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication year: 1997 (reprint edition)
Pages: 368
Language: English
ISBN-10: 014012389X
ISBN-13: 9780140123890
