Love in the Time of Cholera

Brief Overview

«Love in the Time of Cholera» is a novel by Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez, which tells the story of how the main characters, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza, find each other again after fifty-one years, nine months, and four days of separation. Published in 1985, this novel explores Florentino's unwavering devotion to his first and eternal love, Fermina, as it is tested by time and circumstances. Set against the backdrop of the Caribbean coast at the turn of the 19th to the 20th century, the novel is rich with depictions of social life, daily routines, political and social changes in the country, as well as descriptions of the nature and culture of the Caribbean. It is a remarkable and inspiring novel about the power of love, which can endure everything—illness, death, betrayal, and even time.