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Love in the Time of Cholera

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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A CLASSIC STORY OF ENDURING LOVE FROM THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR 'One of the greatest love stories I have ever read' Oprah, featured in Oprah's Book Club _______________________________ 'It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love' Fifty-one years, nine months and four days have passed since Fermina Daza rebuffed hopeless romantic Florentino Ariza's impassioned advances and married Dr Juvenal Urbino instead. During that half-century, Flornetino has fallen into the arms of many delighted women, but has loved none but Fermina. When Fermina's husband is killed trying to retrieve his pet parrot from a mango tree, Florentino seizes his chance to declare his enduring love. But can young love find new life in the twilight of their lives?…

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"only in your fifth decade will you have experienced enough heartbreak to truly grasp this great love story."
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"Love in the Time of Cholera is so strangely, brilliantly optimistic."
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"Love in the Time of Cholera, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. It simply touched on so many aspects of human love."
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"Gabriel Garcia Marquez has written two or three novels that have rearranged my molecules."
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"my all-time favorite book, if I had to choose one, is Love in the Time of Cholera."
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