num_pages: 348
description: 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.
language: English
title: Love in the Time of Cholera
titlecomplete: Love in the Time of Cholera
characters: Fermina Daza, Hildebranda Sánchez, América Vicuna, Lorenzo Daza, Florentino Ariza, Juvenal Urbino, Aunt Escolástica, Trànsito Ariza, Leona Cassiani
genres: Spanish Literature, Historical Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Novels, Literature, Classics, Romance, Fiction, Magical Realism
ratings_count: 490786
places: Colombia, Cartagena
awards: name: Audie Award, awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Vintage International