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Love in the Time of Cholera
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Classics, Literary Fiction, Magical Realism, Romance
Carlos Marrodán Casas, Edith Grossman, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Kjell Risvik
3.75
Nostalgia
In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is heartbroken, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs—yet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again.
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This is one of a great classics and that's the one reason I started reading. 20 percent and I felt it is really dragging. But I did not want to quit and hence kept on reading. But 50 percent and I gave up completely. Its about two lovers who were not able to join due to society status and the girl gets married to a doctor and when the husband dies at the age of 80, the lover comes back to the girl saying I was waiting for you till now. The girl now a respectable woman in the society is clueless of what and how to respond.
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