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  • Abbandonati per una volta i temi più apertamente politici ai quali ci aveva abituato(Cronaca di una morte annunciata, Cent'anni di solitudine, il generale nel suo labirinto), Garcia Marquez crea con questo intenso romanzo un irresisitibile epopea romantica, uno sfrenato e travolgente inno alla vita ... Continue

    Abbandonati per una volta i temi più apertamente politici ai quali ci aveva abituato(Cronaca di una morte annunciata, Cent'anni di solitudine, il generale nel suo labirinto), Garcia Marquez crea con questo intenso romanzo un irresisitibile epopea romantica, uno sfrenato e travolgente inno alla vita e alla fantasia che trova la sua ideale ambientazione nella lussureggiante natura dei Caraibi.
    Per cinquantatre anni, sette mesi e undici giorni, notti comprese, Florentino Ariza ha perseverato nel suo amore per Fermina Daza, la più bella ragazza del Caribe, senza mai vacillare davanti a nulla, resistendo alle minacce del padre di lei e senza perdere le speranze neppure davanti al matrimonio d'amore di Fermina con il dottor Urbino.
    Un eterno e incrollabile sentimento che Florentino continua a nutrire contro ogni possibilità fino all'inattesa, quasi incredibile, felice conclusione.

    

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  • A book for all ages

  • The greatest achievement of this novel is also its biggest downfall. The best bits of it are those that relate to you. Therefore, it will mean different things to you at different times in your life, and different things to different people. I know this is true for most things, but the problem here ... Continue

    The greatest achievement of this novel is also its biggest downfall. The best bits of it are those that relate to you. Therefore, it will mean different things to you at different times in your life, and different things to different people. I know this is true for most things, but the problem here is that the parts that don't relate to you seem longer and slower paced.

    However, it is a very well written book, which does indeed cover all aspects of love. It is this fact that makes it so good: it will appeal to nearly everyone. Both sides of love are explored and exposed. On one side of the coin, there is crushing loneliness: the worst of human emotions; and on the other side, unending requited adoration: the greatest human emotion. If you're single, married, divorced, widowed or anywhere in between, there is something that relates to you, and this is the part you will enjoy the most.

    It is hard to think of someone who would not enjoy some part of this book, but equally difficult to imagine someone who would enjoy all of it. I can appreciate all its merits, yet there were definite moments that I felt the story was dragging or tedious. Which I suppose is another aspect of love.

    

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  • Genre study: Literary fiction, world authors

    

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  • My favourite is still 100 Years of Solitude, but this book isn't bad...

    

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• ― shazzpezzazz said on Nov 5, 2009 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • Bastante bueno, y no sólo por la historia en sí, si no por los comentarios y puntos de vista que en el libro se pueden leer. Sin duda una buena historia de amor.

    

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• ― Zhaidda said on Oct 3, 2009 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • This book caught my interest from the many references I've heard/seen of. It took me a long time before I got a copy, unfortunately until now I haven't been able to sit down and enjoy it. I'm still on my first ten pages of the book! It's one that I really really want to read, for some reason its bee ... Continue

    This book caught my interest from the many references I've heard/seen of. It took me a long time before I got a copy, unfortunately until now I haven't been able to sit down and enjoy it. I'm still on my first ten pages of the book! It's one that I really really want to read, for some reason its been sitting in my shelf for a year now....

    

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• ― Scarlet328 said on Apr 13, 2009 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermino 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 years, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again.

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