Garcia Marquez: Love in the Time of Cholera

(Spanish: El amor en los tiempos del cólera) is a novel by Colombian Nobel prize winning author Gabriel García Márquez. The novel was first published in Spanish in 1985.

Translated into Arabic by Saleh Almani

Our discussion on Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s "Love in the Time of Cholera " via Zoom took place on Saturday August 22, 2020. You may view the full discussion Here

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. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again.