num_pages: 424
description: Florentino Ariza is a hopeless romantic who falls passionately for the beautiful Fermina Daza. Instead Fermina marries a distinguished doctor, while Florentino can only wait silently for her. He can never forget his first and only true love. Then, fifty-one years, nine months and four days later, Fermina's husband dies unexpectedly. At last Florentino has another chance to declare his feelings and discovers if a passion that has endured for half a century will remain unrequited. García Márquez tells a tale that is a rich, fantastic, and humane celebration of love in all its many forms.
language: English
title: Love in the Time of Cholera
titlecomplete: Love in the Time of Cholera
characters: Trànsito Ariza, Juvenal Urbino, América Vicuna, Leona Cassiani, Lorenzo Daza, Aunt Escolástica, Hildebranda Sánchez, Fermina Daza, Florentino Ariza
genres: Fiction, Historical, Magical Realism, Spanish Literature, Romance, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 490834
places: Colombia, Cartagena
awards: name: Audie Award, awardedAt: 568022400000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Penguin Modern Classics