Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

From the elegant social boundaries of Jane Austen, we step into the lush, sweeping world of magical realism and literary romance.

First published in Spanish in 1985 (El amor en los tiempos del cólera), Love in the Time of Cholera is one of the most celebrated masterpieces by Nobel Prize-winning Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez. It is an extraordinary, epic exploration of love in all its forms—romantic, obsessive, familial, physical, and spiritual—spanning over half a century.

Set in a nameless Caribbean port city around the turn of the 20th century, the novel charts the lifelong, intertwined destinies of three distinct characters:

• Florentino Ariza: A poetic, intensely passionate clerk who falls desperately, completely in love with a young girl named Fermina Daza. They share a secret, lyrical romance entirely through passionate letters.

• Fermina Daza: Practical and strong-willed, Fermina eventually grows disillusioned with Florentino's intense sentimentality. Pressured by her father, she chooses stability and marries a wealthy, aristocratic physician.

• Dr. Juvenal Urbino: Fermina's dedicated husband, a national hero obsessed with order, modern science, and eradicating the devastating outbreaks of cholera ravaging the country.

While Fermina and Dr. Urbino live out a long, deeply realistic marriage filled with domestic joys and quiet resentments, Florentino remains frozen in his obsession. He vows to remain faithful to Fermina in his heart, though he spends the next 50 years, 9 months, and 4 days engaging in hundreds of casual affairs, rising to power as a wealthy riverboat tycoon just to be worthy of her.

Language: English.

Genre: Romance.

Binding: সেলাই করা বাইন্ডিং

Quality: Premium Quality Books.

Printing: High Quality Printing.

Paper: Eye Friendly paper (Cream White)

Cover: Matt cover (Paperback).