Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia MarquezA CLASSIC STORY OF ENDURING LOVE FROM THE NOBEL PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR '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

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In every corner of every room is the phantom of his beautiful first wife

That we still read and enjoy these heartfelt poems today is a testament both to their individual genius

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Olive adjusts to her new life with her second husband

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