New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 348 pages. Translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman. Along with "One Hundred Years of Solitude" this is one of Garcia Marquez's best novels. The basis for a movie with Javier Bardem and Benjamin Bratt. A tight near fine copy in black cloth boards with some minor wear and in a near fine dust jacket with some sunning to the spine and with the laid in promotional postcard.

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Love in the Time of Cholera is an International Bestselling novel by Nobel Prize-winning Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez. It is considered a modern literary classic, and one of the best novels of the 20th century. 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. (From the Publisher). It is considered a non-traditional love story as "lovers find love in their 'golden years'—in their seventies, when death is all around them" Love in the Time of Cholera was first published in Spanish in 1985, with an English translation released in 1988 by Alfred A. Knopf. An English-language film adaptation was released in 2007. -

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On Nov 14 2007, CH125 said:

THIS IS THE ULTIMATE LOVE STORY. A MUST READ FOR EVERYONE WHO BELIEVES IN LOVE, OR JUST WANTS TO FALL IN LOVE WITH A STORY. THIS IS MY ALL TIME FAVORITE BOOK. AFTER THIS BOOK I RECOMMEND ADDITIONAL READING BY SAME WRITER, GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ - 100 YEARS OF SOLITUDE.

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Bookseller: Jeff Hirsch Books, ABAA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 195862
Title: Love In The Time Of Cholera
Author: GARCIA MARQUEZ, Gabriel
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardback
ISBN 10: 0394561619
ISBN 13: 9780394561615
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1988
Keywords: Literature

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