Set in an unnamed Caribbean port city, Gabriel García Márquez's Love in the Time of Cholera chronicles a love that endures half a century. Young Florentino Ariza falls passionately in love with Fermina Daza, but she rejects him and marries the respectable Dr. Juvenal Urbino. Florentino waits, declaring eternal fidelity while engaging in numerous affairs. Fifty-one years, nine months, and four days after their separation, Dr. Urbino dies, and Florentino renews his courtship. In their old age, Fermina finally accepts his enduring devotion. A masterful meditation on love, desire, and time, the novel blends magical realism with profound emotional truth.
