Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera: 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-one year, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again.
I have been reading this book for the last month! It was good (though I think like the precise more than the actual book) but boy was it hard to read. Probably because I rarely read real "literature." I also watched the movie, which was full of pretty bad acting, but I liked watching it as I had just read the book. My favorite quotes from the book.
"Tell him yes, she said. Even if you are dying of fear, even if you are sorry later, because whatever you do, you will be sorry all the rest of your life if you say no."
"....saved only by the strength of invincible love."
"...a pitfall of happiness that he despised and desired at the same time, but from which it was impossible to escape."
"...his heart broken but his soul at peace."
As you can probably see, I am a hopeless romantic, which is why I trudged through the book in the first place!
I have been reading this book for the last month! It was good (though I think like the precise more than the actual book) but boy was it hard to read. Probably because I rarely read real "literature." I also watched the movie, which was full of pretty bad acting, but I liked watching it as I had just read the book. My favorite quotes from the book.
"Tell him yes, she said. Even if you are dying of fear, even if you are sorry later, because whatever you do, you will be sorry all the rest of your life if you say no."
"....saved only by the strength of invincible love."
"...a pitfall of happiness that he despised and desired at the same time, but from which it was impossible to escape."
"...his heart broken but his soul at peace."
As you can probably see, I am a hopeless romantic, which is why I trudged through the book in the first place!