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One of the best love stories of our time. Florentino and Fermina fell in love once, but with fifty years and a lot of affairs between then and now, can they call in love again? This classic explores the power of love and the effect it has on those stricken by it.

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "A love story of astonishing power" (Newsweek), the acclaimed modern literary classic by the beloved Nobel Prize-winning author.

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 ...

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