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Love in the Time of Cholera
- Author
- Gabriel García Márquez
- Narrator
- Armando Durán
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 27 August 2013
- Run Time
- 15 hours 40 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
From the Nobel Prize–winning author of One Hundred Years of Solitude comes a masterly evocation of an unrequited passion so strong that it binds two people’s lives together for more than half a 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 does so again.
With humorous sagacity and consummate craft, Gabriel García Márquez traces an exceptional half-century of unrequited love. Though it seems never to be conveniently contained, love flows through the novel in many wonderful guises—joyful, melancholy, enriching, and ever surprising.
Critics Review
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“Márquez’s gripping tale of turbulent romance is skillfully narrated by bilingual performer Armando Durán, who pulls listeners into this immortal love story.”
Audible.com (audio review)
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“Armando Durán’s bold performance of this much loved novel is infused with energy and enthusiasm. His voice is clear, with just a touch of appealing huskiness, which lends an air of realism to the love story.”
AudioFile
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“A love story of astonishing power and delicious comedy.”
Newsweek
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“Thoroughly engrossing on the highest artistic level…His vision is exalting.”
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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“The agelessness of the human story as told by one of this century’s most evocative writers.”
Chicago Sun-Times
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“A compelling exploration of the myths we make of love. Highly recommended.
Library Journal
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“A fully mature novel in scope and perspective…as rich in ideas as in humanity.”
Publishers Weekly
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“This is a beautiful story, beautifully told, and it should not be missed by any reader of literary fiction.”
Booklist (starred review)
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“It’s spellbinding—a luminous novel by a master of storytelling.”
Joseph Heller, New York Times bestselling author
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Details
- Author
- Gabriel García Márquez
- Narrator
- Armando Durán
- Duration
- 15 hours 40 minutes
- Release Date
- 27 August 2013
- ISBN
- 9781483068541
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary, Magical realism, Classic fiction
Synopsis
From the Nobel Prize–winning author of One Hundred Years of Solitude comes a masterly evocation of an unrequited passion so strong that it binds two people's lives together for more than half a 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 does so again.With humorous sagacity and consummate craft, Gabriel Garc├¡a M├írquez traces an exceptional half-century of unrequited love. Though it seems never to be conveniently contained, love flows through the novel in many wonderful guises—joyful, melancholy, enriching, and ever surprising.
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