num_pages: 434
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 devastated, 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, Lorenzo Daza, Leona Cassiani, Florentino Ariza, Trànsito Ariza, Juvenal Urbino, Aunt Escolástica, Hildebranda Sánchez, América Vicuna
genres: Historical, Literature, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, Spanish Literature, Magical Realism, Historical Fiction, Fiction, Romance
ratings_count: 490841
places: Cartagena, Colombia
awards: name: Audie Award, awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Vintage International