Love in the Time of Cholera
A man waits fifty-one years, nine months, and four days to tell a woman he loves her.
Mood Emotional
Pacing Slow Burn
Complexity Moderately Complex
Pages 370
Reading Time
~12–19 hrs
A man waits fifty-one years, nine months, and four days to tell a woman he loves her.
About This Book
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "A love story of astonishing power" (Newsweek), the acclaimed modern literary classic by the beloved Nobel Prize-winning author. 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.
Who This Is For
Best for readers who want to feel something deeply, books that stay with you long after the last page. The writing rewards attention without being demanding, a good balance of depth and readability. It takes its time, and that's the point. Patience is rewarded. If you prefer to read at arm's length, this one may get too close.
Best Read When
Best read when you're in the mood for something moving and emotionally resonant, and a read that's slow and deeply immersive.
What It Explores
Love in the Time of Cholera explores love in its most complicated forms, identity and the gap between who we are and who we pretend to be, and loss and what remains after it.
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