Love in the Time of Cholera | Style
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In Love in the Time of Cholera, although the narrative is in third-person—the impersonal "he" or "she" performing the action—Garcia Marquez frequently withholds omniscient insight from his characters. In the novel the author suggests the unknowabihty of one's true feelings and the corresponding impossibility of summing up a relationship. Its six chapters progress smoothly along a linear path, punctuated by frequent asides and repeated flashbacks. The story is told by a single narrative voice, which recounts certain events in duplicate in order to...
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