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How does it compare to similar audio books?
Excellent
How does it compare to audio works by the same author?
Excellent
Advantages:
great novel, great writer
Disadvantages:
none
Recommend to potential buyers:
yes
Full review
‘Love I the time of Cholera’ is the story of an unrequited love dating back over half a century. It begins with the death of Dr. Juvenal Urbino a well-respected physician. His widow Fermina Diaz is distraught, but the tranquillity of her mourning is disturbed by the appearance of Florentino Ariza her first suitor.
The book then plunges into flashback mode and we encounter the two main characters as young people. We see the lengths that Florentino Ariza goes to try and win the love of Fermina Diaz and how he is ultimately rejected in favour of the afore mentioned Dr Urbino. His life is blighted by this rejection to the extent that he can never love anybody else and he holds on to the faint and often desperate hope that he can eventually win the heart of Fermina Diaz. With the death of the Doctor Florentino Ariza sees his chance and seizes it ultimately finding the love that he has waited his entire life for.
This novel is brilliantly written. The plot sounds unexciting but the prose is delightful. You will experience the full gamut of emotions of emotions. Some parts are amusing (I laughed out loud a number of times); others are profoundly moving. It is set in the colourful surroundings of Latin America beside the Caribbean and the brightness and sometimes oppressive and dusty climate of this part of the world is brilliantly evoked. You may well find yourself sweating just reading this book (even in winter).
In conclusion this is a wonderful book by one of my favourite authors. I would recommend it to anybody who likes good literature. I would also love to here the comments of others who have read this novel.
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