One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is one of the most beautiful books ever written. It launched Marquez to fame and started a boom in Latin American writing. That said, my favorite Marquez book is Love in a Time of Cholera. This is the story of Fermina Daza, a beautiful young woman who is being desperately pursued by Florentino Ariza, however, Fermina rejects his love as naive and decides to marry a prominent doctor. Over the years the doctor is a steadfast professional pursuing the cure of cholera. Unfortunately for Fermina, he is not as great a husband as he is a doctor, having at least two affairs during the marriage. As the years pass Florentino bides his time and ultimately in their old age, when the doctor passes, true love finally triumphs.
This may be one of the most beautiful love stories ever written. Marquez is an amazing writer, and I wish I could read Spanish, so I could read this book in it's original form. I am sure the romance language only makes it even more amazing.
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