Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
This novel follows the story of Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza, who fall passionately in love in their youth. However, Fermina eventually marries a wealthy doctor, leaving Florentino heartbroken. Despite this, Florentino remains devoted to Fermina for over fifty years, patiently waiting for her husband's death to have another chance at her love. The story is set against the backdrop of a cholera epidemic, serving as a metaphor for the transformative power of love and the destructive power of obsession.
The 149th greatest book of all time
- Published
- 1985
- Nationality
- Colombian
- Type
- Fiction
- Pages
- 348
- Words
- 62,000
- Original Language
- Spanish
- Alternate Titles
- None
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This book is on the following 31 lists:
- 1st on 100 Best Novels Written in Spanish in the Past 25 Years (Semana Magazine)
- 6th on The Ideal Library (Book)
- 17th on The New Classics - 100 Best Reads from 1983 to 2008 (Entertainment Weekly)
- 17th on Top 20 Latin American Books To Read Before You Die (Latin Times)
- 41st on Big Read (Bulgarian) (Bulgaria)
- 42nd on Big Read (German) (Germany)
- 43rd on Waterstone's Books of the Century (LibraryThing)
- 52nd on My Favourite Book - Australian Big Read (Australian Big Read)
- 53rd on The 100 Best Books of World Literature (ABC.es)
- 54th on Top 100 World Literature Titles (Perfection Learning)
- 61st on Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Novels (Entertainment Weekly)
- 62nd on 'The perfect library': the 196 books selected by 133 personalities (XLSemanal and Zenda)
- 70th on Top 100 Books, As Chosen By Canadians (The Gazette(Newspaper))
- 79th on Big Read (Hungarian) (Hungaria)
- 89th on Our Users' Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 97th on The Big Read (BBC)
- 100th on Our Users' Top 100 Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 127th on The Complete 500: OCLC (OCLC)
- 139th on The 500 best books of all time from Culture Café users (Culture Café)
- 75 Books Every Woman Should Read (Jezebel)
- Best Foreign Work of Fiction Chosen by Francophone Writers (French literary magazine Transfuge)
- Daily Telegraph's 100 Books of the Century, 1900-1999 (Daily Telegraph)
- 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (The Guardian)
- Top 100 Works in World Literature (Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute)
- 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
- NY Times Editors Choice 1980-1989 (NY Times)
- The Bigger Read List (English PEN)
- From Zero to Well-Read in 100 Books (Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com)
- Best Books (Fiction, Prose) : Experts Choose Their Favourites (The Book "Best Books")
- 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.com (USA))
- Harold Bloom's The Western Canon (The Western Canon (Book) by Harold Bloom)