a book of Gabriel García Márquez
A love story of an unrequited love of Florentino Ariza to Fermina Daza.
In the late 1800s, in a Caribbean port city, a young telegraph operator named Florentino Ariza falls deliriously in love with Fermina Daza, a beautiful student. She is so sheltered that they carry on their romance secretly, through letters and telegrams. When Fermina Daza's father finds out about her suitor, he sends her on a trip intended to make her forget the affair. Lorenza Daza has much higher ambitions for his daughter than the humble Florentino. Her grief at being torn away from her lover is profound, but when she returns she breaks off the relationship, calling everything that has happened between them an illusion.
Instead, she marries the elegant, cultured, and successful Dr. Juvenal Urbino. As his wife, she will think of herself as "the happiest woman in the world." Though devastated by her rejection, Florentino Ariza is not one to be deterred. He has declared his eternal love for Fermina, and determines to gain the fame and fortune he needs to win her back. When Fermina's husband at last dies, 51 years, 9 months, and 4 days later, Florentino Ariza approaches Fermina again at her husband's funeral. There have been hundreds of other affairs, but none of these women have captured his heart as Fermina did. "He is ugly and sad," says one of his lovers, "but he is all love."
In this magnificent story of a romance, Garcia Marquez beautifully and unflinchingly explores the nature of love in all its guises, small and large, passionate and serene. Love can emerge like a disease in these characters, but it can also outlast bleak decades of war and cholera, and the effects of time itself.
Love in the time of Cholera. Love is like a disease that plagues the body....
I can relate so much with Florentino Ariza. (Please see my previous post... the black book...:D). Her devotion to Fermina is the worst. He even prays on top of the lighthouse verynight hoping she'll be back soon. He waited and waited even though it took him 53 freaking years. and in the midst of waiting, he had some quite few endeavors 622 women to be exact before he won her back. Her friend even said that he was successful with women, he explained no, these women only sees him as a safe person, which i feel i had been all this time. hehe.( i forgot this is review is not about me)
In this movie, Love was compared to a disease. A disease that can only be cured the by love itself.
A love story of an unrequited love of Florentino Ariza to Fermina Daza.
In the late 1800s, in a Caribbean port city, a young telegraph operator named Florentino Ariza falls deliriously in love with Fermina Daza, a beautiful student. She is so sheltered that they carry on their romance secretly, through letters and telegrams. When Fermina Daza's father finds out about her suitor, he sends her on a trip intended to make her forget the affair. Lorenza Daza has much higher ambitions for his daughter than the humble Florentino. Her grief at being torn away from her lover is profound, but when she returns she breaks off the relationship, calling everything that has happened between them an illusion.
Instead, she marries the elegant, cultured, and successful Dr. Juvenal Urbino. As his wife, she will think of herself as "the happiest woman in the world." Though devastated by her rejection, Florentino Ariza is not one to be deterred. He has declared his eternal love for Fermina, and determines to gain the fame and fortune he needs to win her back. When Fermina's husband at last dies, 51 years, 9 months, and 4 days later, Florentino Ariza approaches Fermina again at her husband's funeral. There have been hundreds of other affairs, but none of these women have captured his heart as Fermina did. "He is ugly and sad," says one of his lovers, "but he is all love."
In this magnificent story of a romance, Garcia Marquez beautifully and unflinchingly explores the nature of love in all its guises, small and large, passionate and serene. Love can emerge like a disease in these characters, but it can also outlast bleak decades of war and cholera, and the effects of time itself.
Love in the time of Cholera. Love is like a disease that plagues the body....
I can relate so much with Florentino Ariza. (Please see my previous post... the black book...:D). Her devotion to Fermina is the worst. He even prays on top of the lighthouse verynight hoping she'll be back soon. He waited and waited even though it took him 53 freaking years. and in the midst of waiting, he had some quite few endeavors 622 women to be exact before he won her back. Her friend even said that he was successful with women, he explained no, these women only sees him as a safe person, which i feel i had been all this time. hehe.( i forgot this is review is not about me)
In this movie, Love was compared to a disease. A disease that can only be cured the by love itself.
