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# Top 1,310 in Contemporary Fiction 432 pages of immersive storytelling Perfect binding for durability & style Love in the Time of Cholera: Gabriel Garcia Marquez (Penguin Modern Classics)

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> 📚 Unlock the ultimate love letter to life and passion—because some stories are too iconic to miss.

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## Key Features

- • **Enduring Quality:** Perfect binding ensures your copy stays pristine through countless re-reads.
- • **Beloved by Thousands:** Join over 9,500 readers who rated this lyrical journey 4.2 stars—don’t miss out on the conversation.
- • **Epic Narrative Length:** 432 pages of rich, poetic prose that captures the full spectrum of love and life.
- • **Timeless Literary Classic:** Dive into a masterpiece ranked among the top contemporary fiction must-reads.
- • **Cultural & Emotional Depth:** Experience vivid post-colonial Cartagena and a profound tribute to love, ageing, and human frailty.

## Overview

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a 432-page literary classic with perfect binding, celebrated for its poetic exploration of love in all its forms. Set against the vivid backdrop of post-colonial Cartagena, this novel ranks in the top 1,310 contemporary fiction books and has earned a 4.2-star rating from over 9,500 readers, making it a must-have for discerning literary enthusiasts.

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Review: A beautifully written poem to love - I came to this book not really knowing anything about it, other than the fact that it is comes highly recommenced and that it often appears of lists of '100 books to read before you die' and their ilk. So other than expecting it to be good, I approached it with a relatively open mind. What I discovered was not so much a novel as a love letter; it is a love letter addressed to love itself. The story focusses on three individuals and charts their experiences of love over the course of a lifetime. Many varieties of love are explored: faithful, unfaithful, obsessive, innocent and (a warning for the more cautious reader) this involves some descriptions of sex and, towards the end of the book, an account of paedophilia. That said, it was never pornographic or particularly vulgar; it was carefuly done. Marquez writes in a very vivid way, with visceral descriptions of his characters and settings. So even though there is very little 'action' in the book, there are passages of extreme floridity, where the reader is just immersed in his world, drawn in by the beautiful phraseology. I read this as an English translation although it was clearly translated by an American, which has resulted in the book being punctuated by spelling and grammatical errors and one or two sentences that simply make no sense whatsoever, but don't let that distract from overall quality of the book. Marquez's writing is just too good to be ruined by the translation. I cannot really recommend it enough to you. It is not a particularly short book, but reading it never felt like a chore. It was a joy to go through from start to finish and it is a book I am sure I will read again in the future.
Review: Poignant tribute to love and ageing - This is an eloquently written tribute to what Steinman described as the mystery and the muscle of love. At times poignant, ridiculous, passionate and deluded but always lyrical and beautiful. Marquez paints a vivid picture of post colonial Cartegena, providing a convincing social history and his description of the changing landscape surrounding the Magdalena river are powerful testament to the ravages of human activity and time. Indeed the novel is also a moving tribute to the human ageing process. An accomplished testimony to the absurdities of love, ageing and human frailty.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | 49,751 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 702 in Fiction Classics (Books) 764 in Literary Fiction (Books) 1,310 in Contemporary Fiction (Books) |
| Customer reviews | 4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars (9,514) |
| Dimensions  | 12.8 x 2.4 x 19.6 cm |
| Edition  | 1st |
| ISBN-10  | 0141189207 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0141189208 |
| Item weight  | 316 g |
| Language  | English |
| Part of series  | MARQUEZ 2014 |
| Print length  | 432 pages |
| Publication date  | 6 Sept. 2007 |
| Publisher  | Penguin Classics |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A beautifully written poem to love
*by S***S on 3 January 2011*

I came to this book not really knowing anything about it, other than the fact that it is comes highly recommenced and that it often appears of lists of '100 books to read before you die' and their ilk. So other than expecting it to be good, I approached it with a relatively open mind. What I discovered was not so much a novel as a love letter; it is a love letter addressed to love itself. The story focusses on three individuals and charts their experiences of love over the course of a lifetime. Many varieties of love are explored: faithful, unfaithful, obsessive, innocent and (a warning for the more cautious reader) this involves some descriptions of sex and, towards the end of the book, an account of paedophilia. That said, it was never pornographic or particularly vulgar; it was carefuly done. Marquez writes in a very vivid way, with visceral descriptions of his characters and settings. So even though there is very little 'action' in the book, there are passages of extreme floridity, where the reader is just immersed in his world, drawn in by the beautiful phraseology. I read this as an English translation although it was clearly translated by an American, which has resulted in the book being punctuated by spelling and grammatical errors and one or two sentences that simply make no sense whatsoever, but don't let that distract from overall quality of the book. Marquez's writing is just too good to be ruined by the translation. I cannot really recommend it enough to you. It is not a particularly short book, but reading it never felt like a chore. It was a joy to go through from start to finish and it is a book I am sure I will read again in the future.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Poignant tribute to love and ageing
*by T***E on 8 September 2025*

This is an eloquently written tribute to what Steinman described as the mystery and the muscle of love. At times poignant, ridiculous, passionate and deluded but always lyrical and beautiful. Marquez paints a vivid picture of post colonial Cartegena, providing a convincing social history and his description of the changing landscape surrounding the Magdalena river are powerful testament to the ravages of human activity and time. Indeed the novel is also a moving tribute to the human ageing process. An accomplished testimony to the absurdities of love, ageing and human frailty.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ GGM, brilliant
*by J***G on 29 August 2025*

Brilliant book, couldn’t put it down

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