Love in the Time of Cholera (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Gabriel García Márquez
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
- Setting: Colombia, South America
- Principal Characters: Florentino Ariza, Fermina Daza, Dr. Juvenal Urbino, Lorenzo Daza, Transito Ariza, Lotario Thugut, Don Leo Loayza XII, Jeremiah de Saint-Amour, The Young Dr. Juvenal Urbino, Lucretia del Real del Obispo, Hilldebranda Sanchez
- Genres: Long fiction, Magical Realism
- Subjects: Caribbean, Love or romance, Suicide, Biracial people, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Moral conditions, South America or South Americans, Latin America or Latin Americans, Old age or elderly people, Cholera, Chess or chess players
- Locales: Colombia
The Story:
Dr. Juvenal Urbino had been called to the residence of his friend Jeremiah de Saint-Amour, who had taken his own life the previous evening. From a letter that his friend had left him, Urbino learned that Saint-Amour had spent his final night with a female companion and that he was actually a fugitive who had indulged in cannibalism. Devastated by the knowledge, Urbino found his whole day unsettled. Late that afternoon, he fell to his death while trying to retrieve his parrot from his tree. Dr. Urbino’s funeral took place the next day. After the funeral, and after...
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