Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
reviewed by Katya
Intense enough to stop your breathing for moments, to rapidly accelerate the pulse until it gallops like a mad horse, and to make you moan with frustration and sorrow in sympathy with Florentina Ariza, the poet, the romantic, the man dressed in a baggy ill-fitting suit, who falls in love with young Fermina Daza and whose sole want and desire in life is to marry her. His miserable life, full of other women who he doesn't love as he does Fermina Daza, and Fermina's life of wealth, happiness, and occasional bitterness with the famous Dr. Urbino, unveil and unfold to the reader and bring out the intensity and the shudder that results from the emotional vividness. But, when Dr. Urbino dies, when Fermina and Florentina are both in their 70s, the romantic's determination renews....what will happen? Unleash the characters of the book and let your eyes read this woe, anguish, pain, and love.
Posted by Arlo at November 1, 2010 12:48 PM