Penguin Random House Love in the Time of Cholera - Softcover

Marquez, Gabriel Garcia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014012389X ISBN 13: 9780140123890

Verlag: Penguin, 1989

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The book, 'Love in the Time of Cholera? is a romantic novel written with a powerful narrative that grips the readers till the end. This novel was first published in French; and this is the English translation of the original work published by Penguin India in the year 2007. The story revolves around two people who fall in love and then suffer the harsh realities which love brings with it. It not only narrates different traits of human nature but also depicts a careful sketch of the Latin American culture of the early 20th century.

Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza are young, optimistic and cheerful. Their nature brings them closer as they fall in love. However, they are separated by several miles and to counter this distance, they use love letters and telegraph to convey their emotions. Their resistance bears fruit as they are united only to find out that they are strangers to each other and hence cannot live together.

Fermina moves on and marries Dr. Juvenal Urbino, a young doctor full of knowledge and a vision to eradicate cholera. Their marriage progresses through all the ups and downs while Ariza is unable to forget Fermina. He still longs for her and decides to wait. Some drastic changes in life bring both Ariza and Fermina together again, but is their love strong enough to survive this time? Can Fermina forget Dr. Juvenal Urbino?s love for her?

About the author

Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez is one of the most highly respected Spanish writers and is recognized as one of the most influential authors of the 20th century. He began his career as a journalist after dropping out from law school and then moved on to become a writer. He was also one of the original founders of QAP, a newscast that aired between 1992 and 1997. He was honoured with the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1972 and won the coveted Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982. Some of his famous books include Living to Tell the Tale and Memories of My Melancholy Whore, One Hundred Years of Solitude and The Autumn of the Patriarch.

The book 'Love in the Time of Cholera? is an engaging saga of two individuals and their quest to find eternal love. This book is easily available online for convenient shopping.

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born in Aracataca, Colombia, in 1927. He studied at the University of Botoga and later worked as a reporter for the Colombian newspaper El Espectador and as a foreign correspondent in Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Caracas and New York. He is the author of several novels and collections of stories, including Eyes of a Blue Dog (1947), Leaf Storm (1955), No One Writesto the Colonel (1958), In Evil Hour (1962), Big Mama's Funeral (1962), One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967), Innocent Erendira and Other Stories (1972), The Autumn of the Patriarch (1975), Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1981), Love in the Time of Cholera (1985), The General in His Labyrinth (1989), Strange Pilgrims (1992), Of Love and Other Demons (1994) and Memories of My Melancholy Whores (2005). Many of his books arepublished by Penguin. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982. Gabriel Garcia Marquez died in 2014.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Penguin
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1989
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 014012389X
• ISBN 13: 9780140123890
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 368
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