El amor en los tiempos del colera (Oprah #59) | 
| Author: Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Publisher: Vintage
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 4578
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 464
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0307387267
Dewey Decimal Number: 863.64
EAN: 9780307387264
ASIN: 0307387267
Publication Date: October 9, 2007
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Condition: pristine copy
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De jovenes, Florentino Ariza y Fermina Daza se enamoran apasionadamente, pero Fermina eventualmente decide casarse con un medico rico y de muy buena familia. Florentino esta anonadado, pero es un romantico. Su carrera en los negocios florece, y aunque sostiene 622 pequenos romances, su corazon todavia pertenece a Fermina. Cuando al fin el esposo de ella muere, Florentino acude al funeral con toda intencion. A los cincuenta anos, nueve meses y cuatro dias de haberle profesado amor a Fermina, lo hara una vez mas.
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 Best Book June 28, 2008
I would recomend this book to anyone who likes a good book if you do not belive me buy it and read it
Miguel
 Romance recomendable May 27, 2008
Hace mucho que no leia Gabriel Garcia Marquez, la ultima vez fue en el colegio 100 anos de soledad y fue tedioso, hoy me reconcilie con Garcia Marquez, sus descripciones son tal reales que hasta los aromas se hacen realidad, realmente nos damos cuenta de la calidad del escritor. UNa novela romantica rapida de leer que te cautiva desde las primeras paginas...totalmente recomendable
El amor en los tiempos del colera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez May 9, 2008
Very enjoyable read due to the language, his spanish is very rich and involves you very easily, it's delightful. The plot is ok, with an end somewhat dissapointing.
However, I am in a book club and all my friends read it in english. All of them disliked it. I have read some of it in english and it is not the same, the words are very similar but the diction is not entirely right so it makes it full of long, convoluted phrases. A pity.
Love in Time of Cholera January 18, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
Gabriel Garcia Marques is a giant in spanish literature. His books and writing style is a priviledge to read and have.
One of the best love stories ever told November 19, 2007
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is my second favorite book of all time (the first is One Hundred Years of Solitude by the same author). It tells the story of lovesick Florentino, who has waited for the love of his life, Fermina, for 50 years. Fermina was married to Dr. Juvenal Urbino and therefore unavailable. Their love story began through letters. But then Fermina rejects Florentino because she feels their relationship was naive. She is forced to marry Dr. Urbino by her father. When Dr. Urbino dies, Florentino comes back into Fermina's life and tells her he has waited for her all these years. Then, their correspondence continues and their love grows again.
Garcia Marquez has written an amazing love story that employs elements of magical realism. This only make the story better and even more amazing. This love story is as no other, and only Garcia Marquez could have written such an amzing book. The characters are so well written that they come alive in the pages of this book.
I read the book in Spanish and I reccommend that if you understand Spanish, to read this book in its original language. Although the English translation is good, I feel the Garcia Marquez touch, the "it" that makes this story what it is may get lost in the translation.
This is a book that everyone should read and I cannot reccommend it enough.
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