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丕賱丨亘 賮賷 夭賲賳 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕
乇亘賲丕 賷賰賵賳 兀賴賲 賲丕 賮賷 "丕賱丨亘 賮賷 夭賲賳 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕" 賴賷 鬲賱賰 丕賱丨賷乇丞 丕賱鬲賷 賳噩丿 兀賳賮爻賳丕 睾丕乇賯賷賳 賮賷賴丕 賲賳匕 亘丿丕賷丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丨鬲賶 丌禺乇賴丕. 賵廿賳 丕賱丿賴卮丞 丕賱鬲賷 兀氐丕亘鬲賳丕 賮賷 "賲丕卅丞 毓丕賲 賲賳 丕賱毓夭賱丞" 賱賰賮丕亍鬲賴丕 丕賱毓丕賱賷丞貙 鬲氐賷亘賳丕 毓賳丿 賯乇丕亍丞賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞. 睾賷乇 兀賳賴丕 賯丕丿賲丞 賲賳 胤乇賯 兀禺乇賶. 賴賳丕 賰賱 卮賷亍 賲賲賰賳貙 賰賱 卮賷亍 賷鬲丨賵賱 廿賱賶 丕賱賲賲賰賳貙 賵賷馗賴乇 亘毓丿 賲毓乇賮丞 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 亘兀賳賴 賱賲 賷賰賳 亘丕賱廿賲賰丕賳 丨丿賵孬賴丕 亘卮賰賱 丌禺乇.
兀賲丕 丕賱賮賰乇丞 丕賱孬丕亘鬲丞 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賴賷 兀賳賴丕 "乇賵丕賷丞 丨亘"貙 賵賷賰鬲亘 丕賱賲丐賱賮 毓賳 乇賵丕賷鬲賴 賮賷賯賵賱: "廿賳賾 賴匕丕 丕賱丨亘 賮賷 賰賱 夭賲丕賳 賵賮賷 賰賱 賲賰丕賳貙 賵賱賰賳賾賴 賷卮鬲丿 賰孬丕賮丞 賰賱賲丕 丕賯鬲乇亘 賲賳 丕賱賲賵鬲".
兀賲丕 丕賱賮賰乇丞 丕賱孬丕亘鬲丞 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賴賷 兀賳賴丕 "乇賵丕賷丞 丨亘"貙 賵賷賰鬲亘 丕賱賲丐賱賮 毓賳 乇賵丕賷鬲賴 賮賷賯賵賱: "廿賳賾 賴匕丕 丕賱丨亘 賮賷 賰賱 夭賲丕賳 賵賮賷 賰賱 賲賰丕賳貙 賵賱賰賳賾賴 賷卮鬲丿 賰孬丕賮丞 賰賱賲丕 丕賯鬲乇亘 賲賳 丕賱賲賵鬲".
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Gabriel Garc铆a M谩rquez
888听books39.7k听followersGabriel Jos茅 de la Concordia Garc铆颅a M谩rquez was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. Garc铆颅a M谩rquez, familiarly known as "Gabo" in his native country, was considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century. In 1982, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
He studied at the University of Bogot谩 and later worked as a reporter for the Colombian newspaper El Espectador and as a foreign correspondent in Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Caracas, and New York. He wrote many acclaimed non-fiction works and short stories, but is best-known for his novels, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985). His works have achieved significant critical acclaim and widespread commercial success, most notably for popularizing a literary style labeled as magical realism, which uses magical elements and events in order to explain real experiences. Some of his works are set in a fictional village called Macondo, and most of them express the theme of solitude.
Having previously written shorter fiction and screenplays, Garc铆a M谩rquez sequestered himself away in his Mexico City home for an extended period of time to complete his novel Cien a帽os de soledad, or One Hundred Years of Solitude, published in 1967. The author drew international acclaim for the work, which ultimately sold tens of millions of copies worldwide. Garc铆a M谩rquez is credited with helping introduce an array of readers to magical realism, a genre that combines more conventional storytelling forms with vivid, layers of fantasy.
Another one of his novels, El amor en los tiempos del c贸lera (1985), or Love in the Time of Cholera, drew a large global audience as well. The work was partially based on his parents' courtship and was adapted into a 2007 film starring Javier Bardem. Garc铆a M谩rquez wrote seven novels during his life, with additional titles that include El general en su laberinto (1989), or The General in His Labyrinth, and Del amor y otros demonios (1994), or Of Love and Other Demons.
(Arabic: 噩丕亘乇賷賷賱 噩丕乇爻賷丕 賲丕乇賰賷夭) (Hebrew: 讙讘专讬讗诇 讙讗专住讬讛 诪专拽住) (Ukrainian: 覑邪斜褉褨械谢褜 覑邪褉褋褨褟 袦邪褉泻械褋) (Belarussian: 袚邪斜褉褘械谢褜 袚邪褉褋褨褟 袦邪褉泻械褋) (Russian: 袚邪斜褉懈褝谢褜 袚邪褉褋懈褟 袦邪褉泻械褋)
He studied at the University of Bogot谩 and later worked as a reporter for the Colombian newspaper El Espectador and as a foreign correspondent in Rome, Paris, Barcelona, Caracas, and New York. He wrote many acclaimed non-fiction works and short stories, but is best-known for his novels, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985). His works have achieved significant critical acclaim and widespread commercial success, most notably for popularizing a literary style labeled as magical realism, which uses magical elements and events in order to explain real experiences. Some of his works are set in a fictional village called Macondo, and most of them express the theme of solitude.
Having previously written shorter fiction and screenplays, Garc铆a M谩rquez sequestered himself away in his Mexico City home for an extended period of time to complete his novel Cien a帽os de soledad, or One Hundred Years of Solitude, published in 1967. The author drew international acclaim for the work, which ultimately sold tens of millions of copies worldwide. Garc铆a M谩rquez is credited with helping introduce an array of readers to magical realism, a genre that combines more conventional storytelling forms with vivid, layers of fantasy.
Another one of his novels, El amor en los tiempos del c贸lera (1985), or Love in the Time of Cholera, drew a large global audience as well. The work was partially based on his parents' courtship and was adapted into a 2007 film starring Javier Bardem. Garc铆a M谩rquez wrote seven novels during his life, with additional titles that include El general en su laberinto (1989), or The General in His Labyrinth, and Del amor y otros demonios (1994), or Of Love and Other Demons.
(Arabic: 噩丕亘乇賷賷賱 噩丕乇爻賷丕 賲丕乇賰賷夭) (Hebrew: 讙讘专讬讗诇 讙讗专住讬讛 诪专拽住) (Ukrainian: 覑邪斜褉褨械谢褜 覑邪褉褋褨褟 袦邪褉泻械褋) (Belarussian: 袚邪斜褉褘械谢褜 袚邪褉褋褨褟 袦邪褉泻械褋) (Russian: 袚邪斜褉懈褝谢褜 袚邪褉褋懈褟 袦邪褉泻械褋)
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August 8, 2013
LET ME EXPLAIN, GUYS.
Okay. I like Marquez. I think his writing is beautiful, his settings are evocative and masterfully portrayed, and yes, his books are pretty romantic, and I always enjoy magical realism (this one could have used more of that last bit, though). The last twenty pages of the book even manged to suck me into the romance of the story, and I found myself finally really invested in this love story instead of being vaguely creeped out (we'll get there). Look, I even found a really nice passage to quote:
"It was as if they had leapt over the arduous calvary of conjugal life and gone straight to the heart of love. They were together in silence like an old married couple wary of life, beyond the pitfalls of passion, beyond the brutal mockery of hope and the phantoms of disillusion: beyond love. For they had lived together long enough to know that love was always love, anytime and anyplace, but it was more solid the closer it came to death."
See? That's fucking beautiful, and even if I didn't like the story itself, I still liked the writing. So call off the dogs, Marquez apologists, and let's get to the ranting portion of the review.
Fair warning to all who proceed past this point: I am preparing to don my Feminist Rage hat and shout about rape culture. Those who plan to leave mean comments calling me an idiot or telling me that I misunderstood the book, remember that you were warned. BEWARE, FOR HERE BE DRAGONS AND ANGRY FEMINISTS.
Here's something I learned about myself while reading this: I have absolutely no patience for books about obsession disguised as love. I hated it in Twilight, I hated it in Wuthering Heights, I hated it in The Phantom of the Opera, and I hated it here. It would be one thing, I decided, if Fermina Daza felt as passionately about Florentino Ariza as he felt about her. But she didn't love him. For her, their romance was a brief fling in her teens, and she stopped loving him when she returned from her trip. She continued not loving him, until he wears her down (after writing her letters constantly despite her explicitly telling him to fuck off out of her life) and she basically shrugs her shoulders and says, fine, might as well.
The lesson men can take from this book is that if a woman says "no" (as Fermina frequently and clearly says to Florentino), she really means, "make me change my mind." NOPE. NOPE NOPE NOPE. THIS PHILOSOPHY IS NOT OKAY AND IT IS WHY RAPE CULTURE EXISTS. NO MEANS FUCKING NO, EVERYBODY. IF A WOMAN TELLS YOU TO LEAVE HER ALONE, YOU LEAVE HER THE FUCK ALONE. IT IS NOT ROMANTIC TO OBSESS ABOUT HER FOR FIFTY YEARS, IT IS CREEPY.
And OF COURSE Florentino still fucks anything that moves while claiming to be in love with Fermina, because he is a man and that's just how it works. Which leads me to my next ranting point: this book romanticizes rape.
(you can still get out, guys - it's only going to get worse from here)
First there was the intensely unsettling way Florentino loses his virginity: while traveling on a ship, a woman drags him into her cabin and forces him to have sex with her. Then Florentino falls in love with her. Because of course he does. I was willing to chalk this scene up to the common misconception that men cannot be sexually assaulted because men are horny dogs who are always up for sex no matter what - fine, whatever, I'll let it go. But then later, a minor female character describes the time she got raped, and I'm going to let you guys read this while I do yoga breaths in the corner and count to ten slowly:
"When she was still very young, a strong, able man whose face she never saw took her by surprise, threw her down on the jetty, ripped her clothes off, and made instantaneous and frenetic love to her. Lying there on the rocks, her body covered with cuts and bruises, she had wanted that man to stay forever so she could die of love in his arms."
...
Once more with feeling: NOPE.
AND THEN, as the creepy pedophilic cherry on top of this rape sundae, Florentino's last affair is with a child. When he is in his sixties. The best part is that he doesn't even use the classic pedophile's defense of "yes, she's young, but she ACTS like a grown woman!" No, Florentino sees that this child is going to be smoking hot when she grows up, and decides that he can't wait that long. Then this passage happens:
"She was still a child in every sense of the word, with braces on her teeth and the scrapes of elementary school on her knees, but he saw right away the kind of woman she was soon going to be, and he cultivated her during a slow year of Saturdays at the circus, Sundays in the park with ice cream, childish late afternoons, and he won her confidence, he won her affection, he led her by the hand, with the gentle astuteness of a kind grandfather, toward his secret slaughterhouse."
The hero of Love in the Time of Cholera, ladies and gentlemen. Let's give him a round of applause.
If anyone wants to join me in the corner, I will be staying here for the rest of the week.
Okay. I like Marquez. I think his writing is beautiful, his settings are evocative and masterfully portrayed, and yes, his books are pretty romantic, and I always enjoy magical realism (this one could have used more of that last bit, though). The last twenty pages of the book even manged to suck me into the romance of the story, and I found myself finally really invested in this love story instead of being vaguely creeped out (we'll get there). Look, I even found a really nice passage to quote:
"It was as if they had leapt over the arduous calvary of conjugal life and gone straight to the heart of love. They were together in silence like an old married couple wary of life, beyond the pitfalls of passion, beyond the brutal mockery of hope and the phantoms of disillusion: beyond love. For they had lived together long enough to know that love was always love, anytime and anyplace, but it was more solid the closer it came to death."
See? That's fucking beautiful, and even if I didn't like the story itself, I still liked the writing. So call off the dogs, Marquez apologists, and let's get to the ranting portion of the review.
Fair warning to all who proceed past this point: I am preparing to don my Feminist Rage hat and shout about rape culture. Those who plan to leave mean comments calling me an idiot or telling me that I misunderstood the book, remember that you were warned. BEWARE, FOR HERE BE DRAGONS AND ANGRY FEMINISTS.
Here's something I learned about myself while reading this: I have absolutely no patience for books about obsession disguised as love. I hated it in Twilight, I hated it in Wuthering Heights, I hated it in The Phantom of the Opera, and I hated it here. It would be one thing, I decided, if Fermina Daza felt as passionately about Florentino Ariza as he felt about her. But she didn't love him. For her, their romance was a brief fling in her teens, and she stopped loving him when she returned from her trip. She continued not loving him, until he wears her down (after writing her letters constantly despite her explicitly telling him to fuck off out of her life) and she basically shrugs her shoulders and says, fine, might as well.
The lesson men can take from this book is that if a woman says "no" (as Fermina frequently and clearly says to Florentino), she really means, "make me change my mind." NOPE. NOPE NOPE NOPE. THIS PHILOSOPHY IS NOT OKAY AND IT IS WHY RAPE CULTURE EXISTS. NO MEANS FUCKING NO, EVERYBODY. IF A WOMAN TELLS YOU TO LEAVE HER ALONE, YOU LEAVE HER THE FUCK ALONE. IT IS NOT ROMANTIC TO OBSESS ABOUT HER FOR FIFTY YEARS, IT IS CREEPY.
And OF COURSE Florentino still fucks anything that moves while claiming to be in love with Fermina, because he is a man and that's just how it works. Which leads me to my next ranting point: this book romanticizes rape.
(you can still get out, guys - it's only going to get worse from here)
First there was the intensely unsettling way Florentino loses his virginity: while traveling on a ship, a woman drags him into her cabin and forces him to have sex with her. Then Florentino falls in love with her. Because of course he does. I was willing to chalk this scene up to the common misconception that men cannot be sexually assaulted because men are horny dogs who are always up for sex no matter what - fine, whatever, I'll let it go. But then later, a minor female character describes the time she got raped, and I'm going to let you guys read this while I do yoga breaths in the corner and count to ten slowly:
"When she was still very young, a strong, able man whose face she never saw took her by surprise, threw her down on the jetty, ripped her clothes off, and made instantaneous and frenetic love to her. Lying there on the rocks, her body covered with cuts and bruises, she had wanted that man to stay forever so she could die of love in his arms."
...
Once more with feeling: NOPE.
AND THEN, as the creepy pedophilic cherry on top of this rape sundae, Florentino's last affair is with a child. When he is in his sixties. The best part is that he doesn't even use the classic pedophile's defense of "yes, she's young, but she ACTS like a grown woman!" No, Florentino sees that this child is going to be smoking hot when she grows up, and decides that he can't wait that long. Then this passage happens:
"She was still a child in every sense of the word, with braces on her teeth and the scrapes of elementary school on her knees, but he saw right away the kind of woman she was soon going to be, and he cultivated her during a slow year of Saturdays at the circus, Sundays in the park with ice cream, childish late afternoons, and he won her confidence, he won her affection, he led her by the hand, with the gentle astuteness of a kind grandfather, toward his secret slaughterhouse."
The hero of Love in the Time of Cholera, ladies and gentlemen. Let's give him a round of applause.
If anyone wants to join me in the corner, I will be staying here for the rest of the week.
September 1, 2019
5 "masculine, organic, decaying...." stars !
8th Favorite Read of 2016
Do not make the mistake that this book is about love.
This book is about much more common vices.
Vices that masquerade for love.
Jealousy, obsession, desire, pity and vengeance.
Perpetually selfish penises promising but only perjuring voluminous misunderstood vaginas.
Men using women that use men.
The demise of the body, civilization, disease, poverty, stolen riches, subservience, slavery.
Sexual abuse in the guise of parental guidance.
Smothering overindulgent mothers psychologically killing sons and maiming daughters.
Beauty and comfort for the very few. Shades of skin as important as class and wealth.
Narcissism, poetry and empty years of mindless despair.
Rot, sickeningly sweet perfumes, theft and unknown history.
Oh no, do not misunderstand -this book is not about love. Anything but.
8th Favorite Read of 2016
Do not make the mistake that this book is about love.
This book is about much more common vices.
Vices that masquerade for love.
Jealousy, obsession, desire, pity and vengeance.
Perpetually selfish penises promising but only perjuring voluminous misunderstood vaginas.
Men using women that use men.
The demise of the body, civilization, disease, poverty, stolen riches, subservience, slavery.
Sexual abuse in the guise of parental guidance.
Smothering overindulgent mothers psychologically killing sons and maiming daughters.
Beauty and comfort for the very few. Shades of skin as important as class and wealth.
Narcissism, poetry and empty years of mindless despair.
Rot, sickeningly sweet perfumes, theft and unknown history.
Oh no, do not misunderstand -this book is not about love. Anything but.
October 5, 2007
I previously read "One Hundred Years of Solitude" and I liked it a lot, and I was intruiged by the title "Love in the Time of Cholera" so I thought I'd read it.
Within the first few pages I had the inkling I didn't like it, but sometimes it takes books a little while to get warmed up. Plus, I don't like starting a book and not finishing it, because I know I'll never go back to a book I stopped reading because I didn't like it, and if I stop reading it, I'll never know if I would have liked the rest of it. So I forged ahead and completed the whole book.
First off, the magical realism that made "100 yrs. of Solitude" so gripping was not as prevalent in "Cholera." I actually only saw it a few times in the entire novel, unless it was so well-done that it was just perfectly woven into the book and I didn't notice. I doubt that though...but this was easy to get over; I mean, it's a different book, so it was bound to be, well, different from "100...Solitude."
But I guess my conservative / religious side was riled up by the rest of the book. It portrays everyone as being incredibly sex-oriented. Men, women, everyone. And not "morally" so, if you know what I mean. Everyone sleeps around, while married and while unmarried. And the tone of the book seemed to be saying that that's expected - quite frankly, like the more sex a person has, most of the time with the more people, the more normal and in some ways the more gifted they are. I'm generalizing quite a bit, not getting into the specifics of the story and my reactions to them, however.
Now this book is on Oprah's book club list and she said it's "the greatest love story" she's ever heard. Alright...if a good love story equals someone "waiting" for their true love, where waiting means having sex with everything that moves. And now they're making a movie. The tag says "Florentino, rejected by the beautiful Fermina at a young age, devotes much of his adult life to carnal affairs as a desperate attempt to heal his broken heart." ?? I guess I can see how you can read the book that way. I guess I just don't prefer books where carnal affairs are the center. And I didn't read it that way. It didn't seem to me that the carnal affairs were a desperate attempt to heal his broken heart. They seemed like he just wanted to have sex in the meantime. SOMEWHAT SPOILER ALERT BUT NOT REALLY:::::you cannot declare yourself a virgin just b/c you didn't love the hundreds of people you had sex with before your "one true love."
What bothered me I think was that in the end, I couldn't tell if the novel was condoning a life of promiscuity as long as it leads to one "true" love, or if it was condemning its character's behavior in some ways. I tend to lean towards thinking it wasn't really condemning it though. I probably missed something, I'm sure. Because not being sure what a book was saying is not usually the book's fault.
In some ways it should have been titled "Sex in the Time of Cholera," because the term "love" was used instead of "sex" almost constantly, and obviously, those are two very different things.
Within the first few pages I had the inkling I didn't like it, but sometimes it takes books a little while to get warmed up. Plus, I don't like starting a book and not finishing it, because I know I'll never go back to a book I stopped reading because I didn't like it, and if I stop reading it, I'll never know if I would have liked the rest of it. So I forged ahead and completed the whole book.
First off, the magical realism that made "100 yrs. of Solitude" so gripping was not as prevalent in "Cholera." I actually only saw it a few times in the entire novel, unless it was so well-done that it was just perfectly woven into the book and I didn't notice. I doubt that though...but this was easy to get over; I mean, it's a different book, so it was bound to be, well, different from "100...Solitude."
But I guess my conservative / religious side was riled up by the rest of the book. It portrays everyone as being incredibly sex-oriented. Men, women, everyone. And not "morally" so, if you know what I mean. Everyone sleeps around, while married and while unmarried. And the tone of the book seemed to be saying that that's expected - quite frankly, like the more sex a person has, most of the time with the more people, the more normal and in some ways the more gifted they are. I'm generalizing quite a bit, not getting into the specifics of the story and my reactions to them, however.
Now this book is on Oprah's book club list and she said it's "the greatest love story" she's ever heard. Alright...if a good love story equals someone "waiting" for their true love, where waiting means having sex with everything that moves. And now they're making a movie. The tag says "Florentino, rejected by the beautiful Fermina at a young age, devotes much of his adult life to carnal affairs as a desperate attempt to heal his broken heart." ?? I guess I can see how you can read the book that way. I guess I just don't prefer books where carnal affairs are the center. And I didn't read it that way. It didn't seem to me that the carnal affairs were a desperate attempt to heal his broken heart. They seemed like he just wanted to have sex in the meantime. SOMEWHAT SPOILER ALERT BUT NOT REALLY:::::you cannot declare yourself a virgin just b/c you didn't love the hundreds of people you had sex with before your "one true love."
What bothered me I think was that in the end, I couldn't tell if the novel was condoning a life of promiscuity as long as it leads to one "true" love, or if it was condemning its character's behavior in some ways. I tend to lean towards thinking it wasn't really condemning it though. I probably missed something, I'm sure. Because not being sure what a book was saying is not usually the book's fault.
In some ways it should have been titled "Sex in the Time of Cholera," because the term "love" was used instead of "sex" almost constantly, and obviously, those are two very different things.
May 10, 2009
I don't like this book.
I don't like the characters. (This was going to be a list, but then I realized that this is the only reason I have.)
Florentino Ariza is a baby. Seriously, his mom gives him whatever he wants, and she tries to make everything all right for him, and he is very, very ... if he lived today, he would be one of those emo kids with the dyed black hair and the eye liner and the journals full of bad poetry (he does write bad poetry, in the book), all "Nobody gets me," and just a grating, time-sucking, high maintenance type. He rationalizes his behavior in whatever way he can, so he never feels that he is doing anything wrong.
I grew impatient with him fairly quickly; I wanted to wring him by his neck and yell, "GET OVER IT!!!" I have no tolerance for that kind of behavior.
Sometime during the Seduction of the 600, it says that Florentino Ariza thought that when a woman said no, she really meant something else (that's a paraphrase). This is another thing I have no tolerance for. So, when he persisted in his attentions to Fermina Daza, even after she'd made her own feelings quite clear (TWICE), and she came around to his way of thinking, it justified his behavior. I don't think he should be rewarded for that. I think he should be kicked to the curb.
Fermina Daza was almost likable; I was almost there with her, but then I realized that there wasn't anything really likable about her. She was efficient and organized, she was well-behaved, and she was boring. Why did men love her? What did she have to offer? I DON'T KNOW.
I did like Juvenal Urbino. Of course he dies in the first chapter.
It seemed to me that the book dragged on FOREVER; I kept looking ahead to the end of a chapter and sighing, "Forty-two more pages." (The chapters are long.) Even though two weeks doesn't seem like a long time, it's a long time for ME to be reading a book, particularly one that isn't a thousand pages long and written in Elizabethan English.
I didn't think this was any kind of love story. Like Wuthering Heights, it's more a love-gone-wrong story, or an obsession story; none of the characters really displayed any of the traits that I would associate with love, one which--the chief one, I would say--is selflessness. None of them were willing to put anyone else above themselves, and maybe that's why I didn't particularly care for them, or for this book.
I've written a more in-depth review .
I don't like the characters. (This was going to be a list, but then I realized that this is the only reason I have.)
Florentino Ariza is a baby. Seriously, his mom gives him whatever he wants, and she tries to make everything all right for him, and he is very, very ... if he lived today, he would be one of those emo kids with the dyed black hair and the eye liner and the journals full of bad poetry (he does write bad poetry, in the book), all "Nobody gets me," and just a grating, time-sucking, high maintenance type. He rationalizes his behavior in whatever way he can, so he never feels that he is doing anything wrong.
I grew impatient with him fairly quickly; I wanted to wring him by his neck and yell, "GET OVER IT!!!" I have no tolerance for that kind of behavior.
Sometime during the Seduction of the 600, it says that Florentino Ariza thought that when a woman said no, she really meant something else (that's a paraphrase). This is another thing I have no tolerance for. So, when he persisted in his attentions to Fermina Daza, even after she'd made her own feelings quite clear (TWICE), and she came around to his way of thinking, it justified his behavior. I don't think he should be rewarded for that. I think he should be kicked to the curb.
Fermina Daza was almost likable; I was almost there with her, but then I realized that there wasn't anything really likable about her. She was efficient and organized, she was well-behaved, and she was boring. Why did men love her? What did she have to offer? I DON'T KNOW.
I did like Juvenal Urbino. Of course he dies in the first chapter.
It seemed to me that the book dragged on FOREVER; I kept looking ahead to the end of a chapter and sighing, "Forty-two more pages." (The chapters are long.) Even though two weeks doesn't seem like a long time, it's a long time for ME to be reading a book, particularly one that isn't a thousand pages long and written in Elizabethan English.
I didn't think this was any kind of love story. Like Wuthering Heights, it's more a love-gone-wrong story, or an obsession story; none of the characters really displayed any of the traits that I would associate with love, one which--the chief one, I would say--is selflessness. None of them were willing to put anyone else above themselves, and maybe that's why I didn't particularly care for them, or for this book.
I've written a more in-depth review .
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 25, 2022
丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 丨丕乇亘 賮賷賴丕 賲丕乇賰賷夭 丕賱夭賲賳
*丕賱賲乇丕噩毓丞 亘賴丕 丨乇賯 賱賱兀丨丿丕孬*
鈥� 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕 丿丕亍
賵丕賱丨亘 丿丕亍
賰賱丕賴賲丕 賷睾賷乇 丨賷丕丞 丕賱賲乇亍
賰賱丕賴賲丕 賷毓賱賳 丨乇亘丕 卮乇爻丞 賵賵丨卮賷丞鈥�
賰賱丕賴賲丕 賯丕爻 賵賮鬲丕賰 鈥�
賵賰賱丕賴賲丕 賷爻鬲賴賱賰 氐丕丨亘賴
鬲賯賵賱 賵丕賱丿丞 賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賵 賮賷 賱丨馗丞 鬲兀賲賱
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丕賱丨乇亘 賵丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕 賵丕賱丨亘
賰賱賴賲 賷胤賴乇賵賳 丕賱賲乇亍 亘胤乇賷賯鬲賴
賷毓賷丿賵賳 鬲卮賰賷賱 賲賳 賷氐丕亘 亘兀賷 賲賳賴賲
賵賱賰賳 丕賱丨亘 丨乇亘 囟丿 丕賱賲賵鬲鈥�
賵賴賵 賲賳 賷囟賲賳 賱氐丕丨亘賴 丕賱禺賱賵丿
毓賰爻 丕賱賵亘丕亍 賵毓賰爻 丕賱丨乇亘 賵丕賱賯鬲丕賱
賮賱賵乇賳鬲賷賳賵 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞
賷鬲禺賱氐 賲賳 亘丕賯賷 丕賱賲爻丕賮乇賷賳 毓賱賶 丕賱賲乇賰亘 丕賱匕賷 賷丨賲賱賴 鈥徺堌ㄙ娯ㄘ� 丕賱毓噩賵夭
鈥� 亘禺丿毓丞 兀賳 丕賱爻賮賷賳丞 兀氐丕亘 賲賳 毓賱賷賴丕 賵亘丕亍 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕 鈥�
賵鬲賳鬲賴賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵丕賱爻賮賷賳丞 鬲毓亘乇 丕賱賳賴乇 匕賴丕亘丕 賵毓賵丿丞 鈥�
乇丕賮毓丞 毓賱賲 丕賱賵亘丕亍 丕賱兀氐賮乇
丕賱丨亘 賵丕賱丨乇亘 賵丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕
孬丕賱賵孬 丕賱賲賵鬲 賵丕賱丨賷丕丞
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賲丕 兀賱賴賲 賲丕乇賰賷夭 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賷 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 賰丕賳鬲 毓賱賶 丨丿 賯賵賱賴
賯氐丞 丨亘 兀亘賷賴 賵兀賲賴 鈥�
賮兀亘賵賴 毓丕賲賱 丕賱鬲賱睾乇丕賮 鈥�
賳賲鬲 亘賷賳賴 賵亘賷賳 賱賵賷爻丕 (兀賲賴 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱賷丞) 賯氐丞 丨亘 賯賵賷丞 賵丨丕乇丞鈥�
賵乇賮囟 兀亘賵賴丕 鬲夭賵賷噩賴賲丕鈥�
賵賰丕賳鬲 丕賱乇爻丕卅賱 丕賱鬲賱睾乇丕賮賷丞 賴賷 胤乇賷賯丞 丕賱鬲賵丕氐賱 丕賱兀賯賵賶 亘賷賳 丕賱丕孬賳賷賳
賵賱賰賳 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 鬲夭賵噩丕 賵兀賳噩亘丕 賱賱亘卮乇賷丞 睾丕亘乇賷賱
丕賱乇賵丕卅賷 丕賱兀賰孬乇 廿丿賴丕卮丕 毓亘乇 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺
賵賱兀賳賴賲丕 鬲夭賵噩丕 氐睾賷乇賷賳 賰丕賳 毓賱賶 賲丕乇賰賷夭 兀賳 賷爻鬲賵丨賷 賯氐丞 丕賱丨亘 亘賷賳 丕孬賳賷賳 鈥徺冐ㄘж� 賮賷 丕賱爻賳 賲賳 賯氐丞 兀禺乇賶
賵賴賷 賯氐丞 賯乇兀賴丕 賮賷 廿丨丿賶 丕賱氐丨賮 毓賳 賵賮丕丞 乇噩賱 賵丕賲乇兀丞 兀賲乇賷賰賷賷賳 賮賷 鈥徹з勜呚з嗁娰� 賲賳 丕賱毓賲乇
賰丕賳丕 賷噩鬲賲毓丕賳 賰賱 毓丕賲 賮賷 兀賰丕亘賵賱賰賵
丨鬲賶 賯購鬲賱丕 匕丕鬲 賷賵賲 毓賱賶 馗賴乇 賯丕乇亘 鈥�
鬲賲 丕賱賰卮賮 毓賳 賯氐丞 丨亘賴賲丕 鬲賱賰 亘毓丿 賵賮丕鬲賴賲丕鈥�
丨賷孬 賰丕賳 賰賱 卮禺氐 賲賳賴賲 賲鬲夭賵噩 亘丌禺乇
賴匕丕賳 廿匕賳 賴賲丕 丕賱禺賷胤丕賳 丕賱乇卅賷爻賷丕賳 賱賯氐丞 賮乇賲賷賳丕 賵賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賷賳賵
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兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲毓丕賳賯 賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱鬲丕爻毓 毓卮乇鈥�
賮賷 夭賲賳 丕賱丨乇賵亘 丕賱兀賴賱賷丞 賵丕賱兀賵亘卅丞鈥�
鈥� 夭賲賳 賷爻鬲賮賷賯 賮賷賴 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 丕賱賮賯賷乇 賮賷 丕賱賰丕乇賷亘賷
鈥� 賱賷噩丿 賳賮爻賴 賵噩賴丕 賱賵噩賴 賲毓 丕賳噩丕夭丕鬲 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱毓卮乇賷賳 丕賱毓噩賷亘丞鈥�
亘賰賱 鬲兀孬賷乇丕鬲賴丕 毓賱賶 賳賲胤 丨賷丕鬲賴賲 賵賵毓賷賴賲 亘賴丕
賰賱 卮賷亍 賷鬲睾賷乇
賵賴賳丕 鈥撡堎冐关ж� 賷賳賯賱賰 賲丕乇賰賷夭 廿賱賶 丿丕禺賱 賵丕賯毓 賲噩鬲賲毓賴鈥�
廿賳賴丕 亘丕賳賵乇丕賲丕 賰丕賲賱丞 賲賳 丕賱兀卮禺丕氐 賲賳 賲禺鬲賱賮 丕賱氐賳賵賮 鈥�
賲賵馗賮賵賳 賵兀賲賴丕鬲 賵亘丨丕乇丞 賵睾丕賳賷丕鬲 賵兀胤亘丕亍 賵毓丕賲賱丕鬲 鬲賳馗賷賮
鈥� 賲毓 賵氐賮 丿賯賷賯 賲亘賴乇 賱賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱匕賷 賷毓賷卮賵賳 賮賷賴
鈥� 賲賳 鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丕賱賲賴乇噩丕賳丕鬲 賵兀卮賰丕賱 毓乇亘丕鬲 丕賱賳賯賱 鈥�
賵胤乇丕卅賮 丕賱賰乇賳賮丕賱丕鬲
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賲丕乇賰賷夭 乇賵丕卅賷 賲丿賴卮 賰丕賱毓丕丿丞鈥�
賷賱毓亘 亘賰乇丕鬲賴 亘賲賴丕乇丞 爻丕丨乇 賯丿賷賲
賮賷鬲丿賮賯 丕賱禺賷丕賱 賲毓丕賳賯丕 賯爻賵丞 丕賱賵丕賯毓鈥�
賵鬲鬲囟丕賮乇 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 亘賳賵丕卅亘 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲
賷丨賰賷賴丕 賱賳丕 賮賷丿賴卮 賵賷爻丨乇 鈥�
丨鬲賶 兀賳賰 賱鬲卮毓乇 賵賰兀賳賴 賱賲 賷賰賳 亘丕賱廿賲賰丕賳 丨丿賵孬 賲丕 丨丿孬 亘兀賷 卮賰賱 丌禺乇
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賵亘賷賳賲丕 賷鬲毓賲賯 賲丕乇賰賷夭 賮賷 卮禺氐賷丞 賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賷賳賵鈥�
賷亘丿賵 賵氐賮賴 賱賮賷乇賲賷賳丕 賵丿賵丕賮毓賴丕 爻胤丨賷丕 廿賱賶 丨丿 賰亘賷乇
賵賰兀賳 賮賷乇賲賷賳丕 賳賮爻賴丕 賲噩乇丿 乇賲夭
賱丕 賰鬲賱丞 丕賳爻丕賳賷丞 賲賳 賱丨賲 賵丿賲
賱賯丿 丕賲鬲賱賰 賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賷賳賵 賯丿乇丞 賴丕卅賱丞 毓賱賶 丕賱氐亘乇 賵丕賱鬲氐賲賷賲 賵丕賱賰賮丕丨鈥�
賵丨丕賵賱 亘卮鬲賶 丕賱爻亘賱 丕賱鬲乇賯賷 賵丕賱氐毓賵丿 賵丕賱丨氐賵賱 毓賱賶 丕賱賲賳丕氐亘 賵丕賱兀賲賵丕賱鈥�
賵亘乇睾賲 賰賱 賲丕 賮毓賱 鈥�
亘乇睾賲 毓賱丕賯丕鬲賴 丕賱噩爻丿賷丞 賲毓 毓丕賴乇丕鬲 賵賮鬲賷丕鬲 賯氐乇 賵兀乇丕賲賱 賵夭賵噩丕鬲 兀禺乇賷賷賳鈥�
賱賲 賷賰賳 匕賱賰 賮丨卮丕 賵賱丕 胤賲毓丕 兀賵 噩卮毓丕 亘賯丿乇 賲丕 賰丕賳 乇丨賱鬲賴 丕賱禺丕氐丞 鈥�
賱賱亘丨孬 毓賳 爻亘賱 賰賷 賷乇鬲賯賷 亘卮禺氐賷鬲賴 賵賷賯賵賷賴丕
賰賷 賷亘賯賶 丨賷丕 氐丕亘乇丕 賲賳鬲馗乇丕 賴匕丕 丕賱賷賵賲 丕賱匕賷 爻賷噩賲毓賴 亘賴丕鈥�
賮乇賲賷賳丕 丨賱賲 丕賱毓賲乇 賵丕賱丿丕亍 丕賱匕賷 賱丕 賷乇賷丿 賲賳賴 卮賮丕亍鈥�
鈥徹必ㄘ� 賮乇賲賷賳丕 亘夭賵噩 賱丕 鬲卮毓乇 賲毓賴 爻賵賶 亘丕賱鬲亘毓賷丞 鈥�
乇賵丨 亘賱賷丿丞 賱賲 鬲賰賳 鬲賳丕爻亘 乇賵丨丕 賲孬賱賴丕 賲鬲賲乇丿丞 賵賳丕乇賷丞
賵賱賰賳賴丕 鬲毓賷卮 賲毓賴 乇丕囟賷丞 賱兀賰孬乇 賲賳 禺賲爻賷賳 毓丕賲丕 鈥�
鬲毓賷卮 丨賷丕丞 丕禺鬲丕乇鬲賴丕 賱賳賮爻賴丕 鈥�
胤賲毓丕 賮賷 丨賷丕丞 兀賮囟賱 賵兀乇賯賶 鈥�
賵兀賰孬乇 亘賴噩丞 賵廿孬丕乇丞 賱賱賲鬲毓丞 賲賳 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 丕賱賮賯賷乇丞
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孬賱丕孬 賵禺賲爻賷賳 爻賳丞 賲賳 丕賱氐亘乇鈥�
賵爻鬲丞 兀卮賴乇 賲賳 丕賱丕賳鬲馗丕乇
賵兀丨丿 毓卮乇 賷賵賲丕 賲賳 丕賱兀賱賲
賴匕賴 賴賷 丕賱賲丿丞 丕賱鬲賷 賮賷賴丕 丕賳鬲馗乇 賮賱賵乇賳鬲賷賳賵 賮乇賲賷賳丕鈥�
賱賲 賷賰賮 賮賷賴丕 毓賳 丨亘賴丕 兀亘丿丕
丨鬲賶 賷噩賷亍 丕賱賷賵賲 丕賱匕賷 賷賳鬲氐乇 賮賷賴 丕賱丨亘
賴匕賴 賴賷 賲賮丕噩兀丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丨賯丕
賮賱賲 鬲賳鬲賴賷 亘賳賴丕賷丞 賲兀爻丕賵賷丞 賰賱賷卮賷賴賷丞 亘賲賵鬲賴 賵丨賷丿丕 賵爻胤 夭噩丕噩丕鬲 丕賱禺賲乇
丨賷孬 鬲夭賵乇賴 丕賱丨亘賷亘丞 丕賱鬲賷 丨乇賲 胤賵丕賱 丕賱毓賲乇 賲賳賴丕
賵鬲賵丿毓賴 丕賱賵丿丕毓 丕賱兀禺賷乇
賮賴賵 賱賷爻 賮賷賱賲丕 毓乇亘賷丕 賯丿賷賲丕 亘丕賱兀亘賷囟 賵丕賱兀爻賵丿
廿賳賴丕 乇賵丕賷丞 賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 賵賱兀賳賴丕 賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 賰丕賳 毓賱賷賴丕 兀賳 鬲賳鬲賴賷 賴匕賴 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱毓噩賷亘丞 鈥徺堌з勜必жω关� 鈥�
賮毓賱賶 馗賴乇 爻賮賷賳丞 鈥�
賷賯乇乇 丕賱丨亘賷亘丕賳 丕賱毓噩賵夭丕賳 兀賳賴賲丕 氐丕乇丕 鈥�
鈥�"賮賷 賲乇丨賱丞 兀賮囟賱 賱賵氐賵賱 賲乇丨賱丞 賲丕 賵乇丕亍 丕賱丨亘 鈥�
賵賴賷 丕賱丨亘 賱匕丕鬲 丕賱丨亘" 鈥�
賵賷賴乇亘丕賳 賲毓丕
賲鬲丨丿賷賷賳 丕賱夭賲賳 賵丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 賵丕賱賵丕賯毓
賵賯賵丞 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕 丕賱丕賴孬丞 亘丕賱賲賵鬲
鈥� 賱賱丨乇亘 賵噩賴 賵丕丨丿 賴賵 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕鈥�
賵賱賱丨亘 賵噩賴 賵丕丨丿 賴賵 丕賱乇亘賷毓 丕賱丿丕卅賲
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*丕賱賲乇丕噩毓丞 亘賴丕 丨乇賯 賱賱兀丨丿丕孬*
鈥� 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕 丿丕亍
賵丕賱丨亘 丿丕亍
賰賱丕賴賲丕 賷睾賷乇 丨賷丕丞 丕賱賲乇亍
賰賱丕賴賲丕 賷毓賱賳 丨乇亘丕 卮乇爻丞 賵賵丨卮賷丞鈥�
賰賱丕賴賲丕 賯丕爻 賵賮鬲丕賰 鈥�
賵賰賱丕賴賲丕 賷爻鬲賴賱賰 氐丕丨亘賴
鬲賯賵賱 賵丕賱丿丞 賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賵 賮賷 賱丨馗丞 鬲兀賲賱
鈥忊€� ..丕賱丨亘 卮亘賷賴 亘丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕 ..鈥� 鈥�
丕賱丨乇亘 賵丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕 賵丕賱丨亘
賰賱賴賲 賷胤賴乇賵賳 丕賱賲乇亍 亘胤乇賷賯鬲賴
賷毓賷丿賵賳 鬲卮賰賷賱 賲賳 賷氐丕亘 亘兀賷 賲賳賴賲
賵賱賰賳 丕賱丨亘 丨乇亘 囟丿 丕賱賲賵鬲鈥�
賵賴賵 賲賳 賷囟賲賳 賱氐丕丨亘賴 丕賱禺賱賵丿
毓賰爻 丕賱賵亘丕亍 賵毓賰爻 丕賱丨乇亘 賵丕賱賯鬲丕賱
賮賱賵乇賳鬲賷賳賵 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞
賷鬲禺賱氐 賲賳 亘丕賯賷 丕賱賲爻丕賮乇賷賳 毓賱賶 丕賱賲乇賰亘 丕賱匕賷 賷丨賲賱賴 鈥徺堌ㄙ娯ㄘ� 丕賱毓噩賵夭
鈥� 亘禺丿毓丞 兀賳 丕賱爻賮賷賳丞 兀氐丕亘 賲賳 毓賱賷賴丕 賵亘丕亍 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕 鈥�
賵鬲賳鬲賴賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵丕賱爻賮賷賳丞 鬲毓亘乇 丕賱賳賴乇 匕賴丕亘丕 賵毓賵丿丞 鈥�
乇丕賮毓丞 毓賱賲 丕賱賵亘丕亍 丕賱兀氐賮乇
丕賱丨亘 賵丕賱丨乇亘 賵丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕
孬丕賱賵孬 丕賱賲賵鬲 賵丕賱丨賷丕丞
鈥庘€庁ベ� 賴匕丕 丕賱丨亘 賮賷 賰賱 夭賲丕賳 賵賮賷 賰賱 賲賰丕賳"
賱賰賳賴 賷卮鬲丿 賰孬丕賮丞 賰賱賲丕 丕賯鬲乇亘 賲賳 鈥徹з勝呝堌�"鈥�
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賲丕 兀賱賴賲 賲丕乇賰賷夭 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賮賷 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 賰丕賳鬲 毓賱賶 丨丿 賯賵賱賴
賯氐丞 丨亘 兀亘賷賴 賵兀賲賴 鈥�
賮兀亘賵賴 毓丕賲賱 丕賱鬲賱睾乇丕賮 鈥�
賳賲鬲 亘賷賳賴 賵亘賷賳 賱賵賷爻丕 (兀賲賴 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱賷丞) 賯氐丞 丨亘 賯賵賷丞 賵丨丕乇丞鈥�
賵乇賮囟 兀亘賵賴丕 鬲夭賵賷噩賴賲丕鈥�
賵賰丕賳鬲 丕賱乇爻丕卅賱 丕賱鬲賱睾乇丕賮賷丞 賴賷 胤乇賷賯丞 丕賱鬲賵丕氐賱 丕賱兀賯賵賶 亘賷賳 丕賱丕孬賳賷賳
賵賱賰賳 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 鬲夭賵噩丕 賵兀賳噩亘丕 賱賱亘卮乇賷丞 睾丕亘乇賷賱
丕賱乇賵丕卅賷 丕賱兀賰孬乇 廿丿賴丕卮丕 毓亘乇 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺
賵賱兀賳賴賲丕 鬲夭賵噩丕 氐睾賷乇賷賳 賰丕賳 毓賱賶 賲丕乇賰賷夭 兀賳 賷爻鬲賵丨賷 賯氐丞 丕賱丨亘 亘賷賳 丕孬賳賷賳 鈥徺冐ㄘж� 賮賷 丕賱爻賳 賲賳 賯氐丞 兀禺乇賶
賵賴賷 賯氐丞 賯乇兀賴丕 賮賷 廿丨丿賶 丕賱氐丨賮 毓賳 賵賮丕丞 乇噩賱 賵丕賲乇兀丞 兀賲乇賷賰賷賷賳 賮賷 鈥徹з勜呚з嗁娰� 賲賳 丕賱毓賲乇
賰丕賳丕 賷噩鬲賲毓丕賳 賰賱 毓丕賲 賮賷 兀賰丕亘賵賱賰賵
丨鬲賶 賯購鬲賱丕 匕丕鬲 賷賵賲 毓賱賶 馗賴乇 賯丕乇亘 鈥�
鬲賲 丕賱賰卮賮 毓賳 賯氐丞 丨亘賴賲丕 鬲賱賰 亘毓丿 賵賮丕鬲賴賲丕鈥�
丨賷孬 賰丕賳 賰賱 卮禺氐 賲賳賴賲 賲鬲夭賵噩 亘丌禺乇
賴匕丕賳 廿匕賳 賴賲丕 丕賱禺賷胤丕賳 丕賱乇卅賷爻賷丕賳 賱賯氐丞 賮乇賲賷賳丕 賵賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賷賳賵
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兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲毓丕賳賯 賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱鬲丕爻毓 毓卮乇鈥�
賮賷 夭賲賳 丕賱丨乇賵亘 丕賱兀賴賱賷丞 賵丕賱兀賵亘卅丞鈥�
鈥� 夭賲賳 賷爻鬲賮賷賯 賮賷賴 丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 丕賱賮賯賷乇 賮賷 丕賱賰丕乇賷亘賷
鈥� 賱賷噩丿 賳賮爻賴 賵噩賴丕 賱賵噩賴 賲毓 丕賳噩丕夭丕鬲 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱毓卮乇賷賳 丕賱毓噩賷亘丞鈥�
亘賰賱 鬲兀孬賷乇丕鬲賴丕 毓賱賶 賳賲胤 丨賷丕鬲賴賲 賵賵毓賷賴賲 亘賴丕
賰賱 卮賷亍 賷鬲睾賷乇
賵賴賳丕 鈥撡堎冐关ж� 賷賳賯賱賰 賲丕乇賰賷夭 廿賱賶 丿丕禺賱 賵丕賯毓 賲噩鬲賲毓賴鈥�
廿賳賴丕 亘丕賳賵乇丕賲丕 賰丕賲賱丞 賲賳 丕賱兀卮禺丕氐 賲賳 賲禺鬲賱賮 丕賱氐賳賵賮 鈥�
賲賵馗賮賵賳 賵兀賲賴丕鬲 賵亘丨丕乇丞 賵睾丕賳賷丕鬲 賵兀胤亘丕亍 賵毓丕賲賱丕鬲 鬲賳馗賷賮
鈥� 賲毓 賵氐賮 丿賯賷賯 賲亘賴乇 賱賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱匕賷 賷毓賷卮賵賳 賮賷賴
鈥� 賲賳 鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丕賱賲賴乇噩丕賳丕鬲 賵兀卮賰丕賱 毓乇亘丕鬲 丕賱賳賯賱 鈥�
賵胤乇丕卅賮 丕賱賰乇賳賮丕賱丕鬲
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賲丕乇賰賷夭 乇賵丕卅賷 賲丿賴卮 賰丕賱毓丕丿丞鈥�
賷賱毓亘 亘賰乇丕鬲賴 亘賲賴丕乇丞 爻丕丨乇 賯丿賷賲
賮賷鬲丿賮賯 丕賱禺賷丕賱 賲毓丕賳賯丕 賯爻賵丞 丕賱賵丕賯毓鈥�
賵鬲鬲囟丕賮乇 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 亘賳賵丕卅亘 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲
賷丨賰賷賴丕 賱賳丕 賮賷丿賴卮 賵賷爻丨乇 鈥�
丨鬲賶 兀賳賰 賱鬲卮毓乇 賵賰兀賳賴 賱賲 賷賰賳 亘丕賱廿賲賰丕賳 丨丿賵孬 賲丕 丨丿孬 亘兀賷 卮賰賱 丌禺乇
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賷亘丿賵 賵氐賮賴 賱賮賷乇賲賷賳丕 賵丿賵丕賮毓賴丕 爻胤丨賷丕 廿賱賶 丨丿 賰亘賷乇
賵賰兀賳 賮賷乇賲賷賳丕 賳賮爻賴丕 賲噩乇丿 乇賲夭
賱丕 賰鬲賱丞 丕賳爻丕賳賷丞 賲賳 賱丨賲 賵丿賲
賱賯丿 丕賲鬲賱賰 賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賷賳賵 賯丿乇丞 賴丕卅賱丞 毓賱賶 丕賱氐亘乇 賵丕賱鬲氐賲賷賲 賵丕賱賰賮丕丨鈥�
賵丨丕賵賱 亘卮鬲賶 丕賱爻亘賱 丕賱鬲乇賯賷 賵丕賱氐毓賵丿 賵丕賱丨氐賵賱 毓賱賶 丕賱賲賳丕氐亘 賵丕賱兀賲賵丕賱鈥�
賵亘乇睾賲 賰賱 賲丕 賮毓賱 鈥�
亘乇睾賲 毓賱丕賯丕鬲賴 丕賱噩爻丿賷丞 賲毓 毓丕賴乇丕鬲 賵賮鬲賷丕鬲 賯氐乇 賵兀乇丕賲賱 賵夭賵噩丕鬲 兀禺乇賷賷賳鈥�
賱賲 賷賰賳 匕賱賰 賮丨卮丕 賵賱丕 胤賲毓丕 兀賵 噩卮毓丕 亘賯丿乇 賲丕 賰丕賳 乇丨賱鬲賴 丕賱禺丕氐丞 鈥�
賱賱亘丨孬 毓賳 爻亘賱 賰賷 賷乇鬲賯賷 亘卮禺氐賷鬲賴 賵賷賯賵賷賴丕
賰賷 賷亘賯賶 丨賷丕 氐丕亘乇丕 賲賳鬲馗乇丕 賴匕丕 丕賱賷賵賲 丕賱匕賷 爻賷噩賲毓賴 亘賴丕鈥�
賮乇賲賷賳丕 丨賱賲 丕賱毓賲乇 賵丕賱丿丕亍 丕賱匕賷 賱丕 賷乇賷丿 賲賳賴 卮賮丕亍鈥�
鈥�"毓賱賲鬲賴 丕賱卮賷亍 丕賱賵丨賷丿 丕賱匕賷 毓賱賷賴 丕賳 賷鬲毓賱賲賴 毓賳 丕賱丨亘
賵賴賵 兀賳 兀丨丿丕 賱丕 鈥徺娯池焚娯� 鬲毓賱賷賲 丕賱丕禺乇賷賳 丕賱丨賷丕丞"鈥�
鈥徹必ㄘ� 賮乇賲賷賳丕 亘夭賵噩 賱丕 鬲卮毓乇 賲毓賴 爻賵賶 亘丕賱鬲亘毓賷丞 鈥�
乇賵丨 亘賱賷丿丞 賱賲 鬲賰賳 鬲賳丕爻亘 乇賵丨丕 賲孬賱賴丕 賲鬲賲乇丿丞 賵賳丕乇賷丞
賵賱賰賳賴丕 鬲毓賷卮 賲毓賴 乇丕囟賷丞 賱兀賰孬乇 賲賳 禺賲爻賷賳 毓丕賲丕 鈥�
鬲毓賷卮 丨賷丕丞 丕禺鬲丕乇鬲賴丕 賱賳賮爻賴丕 鈥�
胤賲毓丕 賮賷 丨賷丕丞 兀賮囟賱 賵兀乇賯賶 鈥�
賵兀賰孬乇 亘賴噩丞 賵廿孬丕乇丞 賱賱賲鬲毓丞 賲賳 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 丕賱賮賯賷乇丞
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孬賱丕孬 賵禺賲爻賷賳 爻賳丞 賲賳 丕賱氐亘乇鈥�
賵爻鬲丞 兀卮賴乇 賲賳 丕賱丕賳鬲馗丕乇
賵兀丨丿 毓卮乇 賷賵賲丕 賲賳 丕賱兀賱賲
賴匕賴 賴賷 丕賱賲丿丞 丕賱鬲賷 賮賷賴丕 丕賳鬲馗乇 賮賱賵乇賳鬲賷賳賵 賮乇賲賷賳丕鈥�
賱賲 賷賰賮 賮賷賴丕 毓賳 丨亘賴丕 兀亘丿丕
丨鬲賶 賷噩賷亍 丕賱賷賵賲 丕賱匕賷 賷賳鬲氐乇 賮賷賴 丕賱丨亘
賴匕賴 賴賷 賲賮丕噩兀丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丨賯丕
賮賱賲 鬲賳鬲賴賷 亘賳賴丕賷丞 賲兀爻丕賵賷丞 賰賱賷卮賷賴賷丞 亘賲賵鬲賴 賵丨賷丿丕 賵爻胤 夭噩丕噩丕鬲 丕賱禺賲乇
丨賷孬 鬲夭賵乇賴 丕賱丨亘賷亘丞 丕賱鬲賷 丨乇賲 胤賵丕賱 丕賱毓賲乇 賲賳賴丕
賵鬲賵丿毓賴 丕賱賵丿丕毓 丕賱兀禺賷乇
賮賴賵 賱賷爻 賮賷賱賲丕 毓乇亘賷丕 賯丿賷賲丕 亘丕賱兀亘賷囟 賵丕賱兀爻賵丿
廿賳賴丕 乇賵丕賷丞 賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 賵賱兀賳賴丕 賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 賰丕賳 毓賱賷賴丕 兀賳 鬲賳鬲賴賷 賴匕賴 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱毓噩賷亘丞 鈥徺堌з勜必жω关� 鈥�
鈥�"賰丕賳丕 賷賳爻丕亘丕賳 亘氐賲鬲 賰夭賵噩賷賳 賯丿賷賲賷賳 賰賵鬲賴賲丕 丕賱丨賷丕丞
廿賱賶 賲丕 賵乇丕亍 禺丿丕毓 鈥徹з勜关ж焚佖�
廿賱賶 賲丕 賵乇丕亍 丨賷賱 丕賱丕賵賴丕賲 丕賱賯丕爻賷丞 賵爻乇丕亘 禺賷亘丞 丕賱丕賲賱"鈥�
賮毓賱賶 馗賴乇 爻賮賷賳丞 鈥�
賷賯乇乇 丕賱丨亘賷亘丕賳 丕賱毓噩賵夭丕賳 兀賳賴賲丕 氐丕乇丕 鈥�
鈥�"賮賷 賲乇丨賱丞 兀賮囟賱 賱賵氐賵賱 賲乇丨賱丞 賲丕 賵乇丕亍 丕賱丨亘 鈥�
賵賴賷 丕賱丨亘 賱匕丕鬲 丕賱丨亘" 鈥�
賵賷賴乇亘丕賳 賲毓丕
賲鬲丨丿賷賷賳 丕賱夭賲賳 賵丕賱賲噩鬲賲毓 賵丕賱賵丕賯毓
賵賯賵丞 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕 丕賱丕賴孬丞 亘丕賱賲賵鬲
鈥� 賱賱丨乇亘 賵噩賴 賵丕丨丿 賴賵 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕鈥�
賵賱賱丨亘 賵噩賴 賵丕丨丿 賴賵 丕賱乇亘賷毓 丕賱丿丕卅賲
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March 9, 2022
[Edited, spoiler added 3/9/22]
Can unrequited love last a lifetime? That鈥檚 the premise of this book. A 76-year-old man pines for a woman all his life. Now her husband has died. Does he still have a chance?
The man and woman were in love as teenagers, but they mostly exchanged secret notes. She was guarded by her nanny and when her father discovered the relationship, he took his daughter away for three years. It worked.
When they returned to the city the young girl no longer loved the boy. She married a man who became a prominent and wealthy doctor. The doctor鈥檚 claim to fame was cleaning up the Colombian city of the open sewers that led to cholera. In 1900 we鈥檙e told the man is 40, so you can figure out the time frame.
The main character has an uncle who runs the local steamboat river shipping company. He starts out sweeping the docks, becomes a clerk, and over the years eventually rises to manager. As manager he attends various cultural events in the city and occasionally gets a glimpse of his beloved. She and her husband are the most socially prominent people in the city. Sometimes he gets a smile or a nod from her; sometimes not. Meanwhile
The story alternates between his story and hers. The constant civil wars of Colombia provide background. Finally her husband dies and, not having talked with her for 51 years, he makes his move.
There is excellent writing as we would expect from Marquez. Some passages I liked:
鈥淗e was still too young to know that the heart鈥檚 memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good, and thanks to this artifice we manage to endure the burden of the past.鈥�
At one point the woman confronts her husband about his infidelity; he admits it and weeps. She is disappointed because he did not do what she had hoped he would do: 鈥溾€eny everything, and swear on his life it was not true, and grow indignant at the false accusation鈥ven when confronted with crushing proofs of his disloyalty.鈥�
鈥淪he was a ghost in a strange house that overnight had become immense and solitary and through which she wandered without purpose, asking herself in anguish which of them was deader: the man who had died or the woman he had left behind.鈥�
鈥淎lways remember that the most important thing in a marriage is not happiness, but stability.鈥�
鈥� 鈥橬o, [I鈥檓] not rich,鈥� he said, 鈥業 am a poor man with money which is not the same thing.鈥� 鈥�
An excellent book. I had read this years ago and I should have re-read it sooner. A classic from the master of Latin American literature that I will add to my favorites.
Photos from top: A street in Cartagena from cartagenaexplorer.com
Steamships on the Magdalena river around 1873 from media.istockphoto.com
The author (1907-2014) from okdiario.com
Can unrequited love last a lifetime? That鈥檚 the premise of this book. A 76-year-old man pines for a woman all his life. Now her husband has died. Does he still have a chance?
The man and woman were in love as teenagers, but they mostly exchanged secret notes. She was guarded by her nanny and when her father discovered the relationship, he took his daughter away for three years. It worked.
When they returned to the city the young girl no longer loved the boy. She married a man who became a prominent and wealthy doctor. The doctor鈥檚 claim to fame was cleaning up the Colombian city of the open sewers that led to cholera. In 1900 we鈥檙e told the man is 40, so you can figure out the time frame.
The main character has an uncle who runs the local steamboat river shipping company. He starts out sweeping the docks, becomes a clerk, and over the years eventually rises to manager. As manager he attends various cultural events in the city and occasionally gets a glimpse of his beloved. She and her husband are the most socially prominent people in the city. Sometimes he gets a smile or a nod from her; sometimes not. Meanwhile
The story alternates between his story and hers. The constant civil wars of Colombia provide background. Finally her husband dies and, not having talked with her for 51 years, he makes his move.
There is excellent writing as we would expect from Marquez. Some passages I liked:
鈥淗e was still too young to know that the heart鈥檚 memory eliminates the bad and magnifies the good, and thanks to this artifice we manage to endure the burden of the past.鈥�
At one point the woman confronts her husband about his infidelity; he admits it and weeps. She is disappointed because he did not do what she had hoped he would do: 鈥溾€eny everything, and swear on his life it was not true, and grow indignant at the false accusation鈥ven when confronted with crushing proofs of his disloyalty.鈥�
鈥淪he was a ghost in a strange house that overnight had become immense and solitary and through which she wandered without purpose, asking herself in anguish which of them was deader: the man who had died or the woman he had left behind.鈥�
鈥淎lways remember that the most important thing in a marriage is not happiness, but stability.鈥�
鈥� 鈥橬o, [I鈥檓] not rich,鈥� he said, 鈥業 am a poor man with money which is not the same thing.鈥� 鈥�
An excellent book. I had read this years ago and I should have re-read it sooner. A classic from the master of Latin American literature that I will add to my favorites.
Photos from top: A street in Cartagena from cartagenaexplorer.com
Steamships on the Magdalena river around 1873 from media.istockphoto.com
The author (1907-2014) from okdiario.com
July 30, 2021
(Book 236 From 1001 Books) - El Amor en Los Tiempos del C贸lera = Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel Garc铆a M谩rquez
Love in the Time of Cholera is a novel by Nobel prize winner Colombian author Gabriel Garc铆a M谩rquez first published in Spanish in 1985.
The main characters of the novel are Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza. Florentino and Fermina fall in love in their youth.
A secret relationship blossoms between the two with the help of Fermina's Aunt Escol谩stica. They exchange several love letters. However, once Fermina's father, Lorenzo Daza, finds out about the two, he forces his daughter to stop seeing Florentino immediately.
When she refuses, he and his daughter move in with his deceased wife's family in another city. Regardless of the distance, Fermina and Florentino continue to communicate via telegraph.
However, upon her return, Fermina realizes that her relationship with Florentino was nothing but a dream since they are practically strangers; she breaks off her engagement to Florentino and returns all his letters.
A young and accomplished national hero, Dr. Juvenal Urbino, meets Fermina and begins to court her. Despite her initial dislike of Urbino, Fermina gives in to her father's persuasion and the security and wealth Urbino offers, and they wed.
Urbino is a medical doctor devoted to science, modernity, and "order and progress". He is committed to the eradication of cholera and to the promotion of public works. He is a rational man whose life is organized precisely and who greatly values his importance and reputation in society. He is a herald of progress and modernization.
Even after Fermina's engagement and marriage, Florentino swore to stay faithful and wait for her. However, his promiscuity gets the better of him. Even with all the women he is with, he makes sure that Fermina will never find out. Meanwhile, Fermina and Urbino grow old together, going through happy years and unhappy ones and experiencing all the reality of marriage.
At an elderly age, Urbino attempts to get his pet parrot out of his mango tree, only to fall off the ladder he was standing on and die. After the funeral, Florentino proclaims his love for Fermina once again and tells her he has stayed faithful to her all these years.
Hesitant at first because of the advances he made to a newly made widow, Fermina eventually gives him a second chance. They attempt a life together, having lived two lives separately for over five decades. Urbino's function in the novel is to contrast with Florentino Ariza and his archaic and boldly romantic love.
Urbino proves in the end not to have been an entirely faithful husband, confessing one affair to Fermina many years into their marriage.
Though the novel seems to suggest that Urbino's love for Fermina was never as spiritually chaste as Florentino Ariza's was, it also complicates Florentino's devotion by cataloging his many trysts as well as a few potentially genuine loves. By the end of the book, Fermina comes to recognize Florentino's wisdom and maturity, and their love is allowed to blossom during their old age.
毓賳賵丕賳賴丕蹖 趩丕倬 卮丿賴 丿乇 丕蹖乇丕賳: 芦毓卮賯 丿乇 夭賲丕賳 賵亘丕禄貨 芦毓卮賯 爻丕賱賴丕蹖 賵亘丕禄貨 芦毓卮賯 丿乇 爻丕賱鈥屬囏й� 賵亘丕禄貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 诏丕亘乇蹖賱 诏丕乇爻蹖丕 賲丕乇讴夭貨 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲貨 鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 賲丕賴 丿爻丕賲亘乇 爻丕賱 1995賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 毓卮賯 爻丕賱賴丕蹖 賵亘丕貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 诏丕亘乇蹖賱 诏丕乇爻蹖丕 賲丕乇讴夭貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 賲賴賳丕夭 爻蹖賮 胤賱賵毓蹖貨 賲丿亘乇貙 1369貙 丿乇 508氐貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賳卮乇 賳蹖讴貙 1373貙 丿乇512氐貨 賲賵囟賵毓 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 讴賱賲亘蹖丕卅蹖 - 爻丿賴 20賲
毓賳賵丕賳: 毓卮賯 丿乇 爻丕賱賴丕蹖 賵亘丕貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 诏丕亘乇蹖賱 诏丕乇爻蹖丕 賲丕乇讴夭貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 丕爻賲丕毓蹖賱 賯賴乇賲丕賳蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 乇賵夭诏丕乇貙 1383貙 丿乇 525氐貨 趩丕倬 倬賳噩賲 夭賲爻鬲丕賳 爻丕賱1388貨
毓賳賵丕賳: 毓卮賯 丿乇 夭賲丕賳 賵亘丕貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 诏丕亘乇蹖賱 诏丕乇爻蹖丕 賲丕乇讴夭貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 亘賴賲賳 賮乇夭丕賳賴貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賯賯賳賵爻貙 1385貙 丿乇 542氐貨
毓賳賵丕賳: 毓卮賯 爻丕賱賴丕蹖 賵亘丕貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 诏丕亘乇蹖賱 诏丕乇爻蹖丕 賲丕乇讴夭貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 讴蹖賵賲乇孬 倬丕乇爻丕蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 丌乇蹖丕亘丕賳貙 1385貙 丿乇 520氐貨 趩丕倬 爻蹖夭丿賴賲 丕乇丿蹖亘賴卮鬲 爻丕賱1393貙 丿乇 520氐貨
讴鬲丕亘 毓卮賯 爻丕賱賴丕蹖 賵亘丕貙 丿乇 亘丕乇賴 蹖 蹖讴 毓卮賯 賯丿蹖賲蹖貙 亘蹖賳 蹖讴 丿禺鬲乇 賵 倬爻乇貙 賵 夭賳丿賴 卮丿賳 丿賵亘丕乇賴 蹖 毓卮賯 亘蹖賳 丌賳賴丕 丿乇 夭賲丕賳 倬蹖乇蹖貙 賵 倬爻 丕夭 丿乇诏匕卮鬲 卮賵賴乇 丿禺鬲乇 丕爻鬲貨 丿乇 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 夭蹖亘丕 賵 毓丕卮賯丕賳賴貙 乇賵丨蹖丕鬲 卮禺氐蹖鬲賴丕 亘禺賵亘蹖 鬲氐賵蹖乇 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲.貨
賳賯賱 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘: (毓賯賱 夭賲丕賳蹖 亘賴 爻乇丕睾 丕賳爻丕賳 賲蹖丌蹖丿 讴賴 丿蹖诏乇 讴丕乇蹖 丕夭 倬蹖卮 賳賲蹖亘乇丿.)貨 倬丕蹖丕賳 賳賯賱
賲賯丿賲賴 賲鬲乇噩賲: (毓卮賯 爻乇禺 丕爻鬲貨 爻乇禺 爻乇禺貙 亘賴 乇賳诏 禺賵賳貙 亘丕 賴賲丕賳 氐賱丕亘鬲貙 讴賴 丕夭 毓賯蹖賯 夭禺賲 爻蹖賳賴貙 亘賴 亘蹖乇賵賳 賲蹖鬲乇丕賵丿貙 賵 卮賯丕賷賯 賵 賱丕賱賴貙 亘乇 诏爻鬲乇賴 蹖 夭賲锟斤拷賳貙 賲蹖倬乇賵乇丿貨 毓卮賯 丌亘蹖 賳賷爻鬲貨 丕诏乇 丕賳丿賵賴蹖 丿丕乇丿貙 賲蹖乇丕 賵 賮丕賳蹖貙 賵 卮丕丿蹖賴丕蹖卮 丕賲丕貙 噩丕賵丿丕賳蹖 爻鬲.貨 賴乇诏夭 賳賲蹖賲蹖乇丿貙 噩丕賳 賲蹖亘禺卮丿貙 賵 诏丕賴蹖 賳賷夭貙 噩丕賳 賲蹖爻鬲丕賳丿貨 賵賱蹖 賴賲賷卮賴貙 夭賳丿賴 丕爻鬲貨 鬲賳賴丕 丿乇 氐賵乇鬲蹖 丿乇 賱丨馗賴 蹖 賲乇诏 丕賮爻賵爻 禺賵丕賴賲 禺賵乇丿貙 讴賴 賲乇诏賲 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 毓卮賯 賳亘丕卮丿貨 賴乇趩賴 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 蹖讴 毓卮賯 丕鬲賮丕賯 亘蹖賮鬲丿貙 亘乇 賴賲賴 毓卮賯賴丕 丿乇 爻乇丕爻乇 噩賴丕賳 丕孬乇 禺賵丕賴丿 诏匕丕卮鬲.)貨 倬丕蹖丕賳 賳賯賱 丕夭 賲賯丿賲賴貨
鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 25/05/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 07/05/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
Love in the Time of Cholera is a novel by Nobel prize winner Colombian author Gabriel Garc铆a M谩rquez first published in Spanish in 1985.
The main characters of the novel are Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza. Florentino and Fermina fall in love in their youth.
A secret relationship blossoms between the two with the help of Fermina's Aunt Escol谩stica. They exchange several love letters. However, once Fermina's father, Lorenzo Daza, finds out about the two, he forces his daughter to stop seeing Florentino immediately.
When she refuses, he and his daughter move in with his deceased wife's family in another city. Regardless of the distance, Fermina and Florentino continue to communicate via telegraph.
However, upon her return, Fermina realizes that her relationship with Florentino was nothing but a dream since they are practically strangers; she breaks off her engagement to Florentino and returns all his letters.
A young and accomplished national hero, Dr. Juvenal Urbino, meets Fermina and begins to court her. Despite her initial dislike of Urbino, Fermina gives in to her father's persuasion and the security and wealth Urbino offers, and they wed.
Urbino is a medical doctor devoted to science, modernity, and "order and progress". He is committed to the eradication of cholera and to the promotion of public works. He is a rational man whose life is organized precisely and who greatly values his importance and reputation in society. He is a herald of progress and modernization.
Even after Fermina's engagement and marriage, Florentino swore to stay faithful and wait for her. However, his promiscuity gets the better of him. Even with all the women he is with, he makes sure that Fermina will never find out. Meanwhile, Fermina and Urbino grow old together, going through happy years and unhappy ones and experiencing all the reality of marriage.
At an elderly age, Urbino attempts to get his pet parrot out of his mango tree, only to fall off the ladder he was standing on and die. After the funeral, Florentino proclaims his love for Fermina once again and tells her he has stayed faithful to her all these years.
Hesitant at first because of the advances he made to a newly made widow, Fermina eventually gives him a second chance. They attempt a life together, having lived two lives separately for over five decades. Urbino's function in the novel is to contrast with Florentino Ariza and his archaic and boldly romantic love.
Urbino proves in the end not to have been an entirely faithful husband, confessing one affair to Fermina many years into their marriage.
Though the novel seems to suggest that Urbino's love for Fermina was never as spiritually chaste as Florentino Ariza's was, it also complicates Florentino's devotion by cataloging his many trysts as well as a few potentially genuine loves. By the end of the book, Fermina comes to recognize Florentino's wisdom and maturity, and their love is allowed to blossom during their old age.
毓賳賵丕賳賴丕蹖 趩丕倬 卮丿賴 丿乇 丕蹖乇丕賳: 芦毓卮賯 丿乇 夭賲丕賳 賵亘丕禄貨 芦毓卮賯 爻丕賱賴丕蹖 賵亘丕禄貨 芦毓卮賯 丿乇 爻丕賱鈥屬囏й� 賵亘丕禄貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 诏丕亘乇蹖賱 诏丕乇爻蹖丕 賲丕乇讴夭貨 丕丿亘蹖丕鬲貨 鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 賲丕賴 丿爻丕賲亘乇 爻丕賱 1995賲蹖賱丕丿蹖
毓賳賵丕賳: 毓卮賯 爻丕賱賴丕蹖 賵亘丕貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 诏丕亘乇蹖賱 诏丕乇爻蹖丕 賲丕乇讴夭貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 賲賴賳丕夭 爻蹖賮 胤賱賵毓蹖貨 賲丿亘乇貙 1369貙 丿乇 508氐貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賳卮乇 賳蹖讴貙 1373貙 丿乇512氐貨 賲賵囟賵毓 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 讴賱賲亘蹖丕卅蹖 - 爻丿賴 20賲
毓賳賵丕賳: 毓卮賯 丿乇 爻丕賱賴丕蹖 賵亘丕貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 诏丕亘乇蹖賱 诏丕乇爻蹖丕 賲丕乇讴夭貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 丕爻賲丕毓蹖賱 賯賴乇賲丕賳蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 乇賵夭诏丕乇貙 1383貙 丿乇 525氐貨 趩丕倬 倬賳噩賲 夭賲爻鬲丕賳 爻丕賱1388貨
毓賳賵丕賳: 毓卮賯 丿乇 夭賲丕賳 賵亘丕貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 诏丕亘乇蹖賱 诏丕乇爻蹖丕 賲丕乇讴夭貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 亘賴賲賳 賮乇夭丕賳賴貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 賯賯賳賵爻貙 1385貙 丿乇 542氐貨
毓賳賵丕賳: 毓卮賯 爻丕賱賴丕蹖 賵亘丕貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 诏丕亘乇蹖賱 诏丕乇爻蹖丕 賲丕乇讴夭貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 讴蹖賵賲乇孬 倬丕乇爻丕蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 丌乇蹖丕亘丕賳貙 1385貙 丿乇 520氐貨 趩丕倬 爻蹖夭丿賴賲 丕乇丿蹖亘賴卮鬲 爻丕賱1393貙 丿乇 520氐貨
讴鬲丕亘 毓卮賯 爻丕賱賴丕蹖 賵亘丕貙 丿乇 亘丕乇賴 蹖 蹖讴 毓卮賯 賯丿蹖賲蹖貙 亘蹖賳 蹖讴 丿禺鬲乇 賵 倬爻乇貙 賵 夭賳丿賴 卮丿賳 丿賵亘丕乇賴 蹖 毓卮賯 亘蹖賳 丌賳賴丕 丿乇 夭賲丕賳 倬蹖乇蹖貙 賵 倬爻 丕夭 丿乇诏匕卮鬲 卮賵賴乇 丿禺鬲乇 丕爻鬲貨 丿乇 丕蹖賳 丿丕爻鬲丕賳 夭蹖亘丕 賵 毓丕卮賯丕賳賴貙 乇賵丨蹖丕鬲 卮禺氐蹖鬲賴丕 亘禺賵亘蹖 鬲氐賵蹖乇 卮丿賴 丕爻鬲.貨
賳賯賱 丕夭 讴鬲丕亘: (毓賯賱 夭賲丕賳蹖 亘賴 爻乇丕睾 丕賳爻丕賳 賲蹖丌蹖丿 讴賴 丿蹖诏乇 讴丕乇蹖 丕夭 倬蹖卮 賳賲蹖亘乇丿.)貨 倬丕蹖丕賳 賳賯賱
賲賯丿賲賴 賲鬲乇噩賲: (毓卮賯 爻乇禺 丕爻鬲貨 爻乇禺 爻乇禺貙 亘賴 乇賳诏 禺賵賳貙 亘丕 賴賲丕賳 氐賱丕亘鬲貙 讴賴 丕夭 毓賯蹖賯 夭禺賲 爻蹖賳賴貙 亘賴 亘蹖乇賵賳 賲蹖鬲乇丕賵丿貙 賵 卮賯丕賷賯 賵 賱丕賱賴貙 亘乇 诏爻鬲乇賴 蹖 夭賲锟斤拷賳貙 賲蹖倬乇賵乇丿貨 毓卮賯 丌亘蹖 賳賷爻鬲貨 丕诏乇 丕賳丿賵賴蹖 丿丕乇丿貙 賲蹖乇丕 賵 賮丕賳蹖貙 賵 卮丕丿蹖賴丕蹖卮 丕賲丕貙 噩丕賵丿丕賳蹖 爻鬲.貨 賴乇诏夭 賳賲蹖賲蹖乇丿貙 噩丕賳 賲蹖亘禺卮丿貙 賵 诏丕賴蹖 賳賷夭貙 噩丕賳 賲蹖爻鬲丕賳丿貨 賵賱蹖 賴賲賷卮賴貙 夭賳丿賴 丕爻鬲貨 鬲賳賴丕 丿乇 氐賵乇鬲蹖 丿乇 賱丨馗賴 蹖 賲乇诏 丕賮爻賵爻 禺賵丕賴賲 禺賵乇丿貙 讴賴 賲乇诏賲 亘賴 禺丕胤乇 毓卮賯 賳亘丕卮丿貨 賴乇趩賴 丿乇 賲賵乇丿 蹖讴 毓卮賯 丕鬲賮丕賯 亘蹖賮鬲丿貙 亘乇 賴賲賴 毓卮賯賴丕 丿乇 爻乇丕爻乇 噩賴丕賳 丕孬乇 禺賵丕賴丿 诏匕丕卮鬲.)貨 倬丕蹖丕賳 賳賯賱 丕夭 賲賯丿賲賴貨
鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 25/05/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 07/05/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
July 29, 2019
隆闯翱驰础!
Siempre digo que no tengo libro favorito, pero despu茅s de esta lectura empiezo a dudar.
Garc铆a M谩rquez hace magia con los personajes y la ambientaci贸n.
Siempre digo que no tengo libro favorito, pero despu茅s de esta lectura empiezo a dudar.
Garc铆a M谩rquez hace magia con los personajes y la ambientaci贸n.
Shelved as 'dnf'
July 9, 2018DNF at page 218.
This is tough for me to admit. I hate not finishing books but I cannot carry on with this any longer when I am not enjoying it and I have so many other books I could be reading instead.
The writing is tedious. Focused on a man rejected when he was young and his infatuation with this woman for years afterwards. He sleeps with numerous other women, as we are shown in detail. His first love marries another, but he still cannot move on.
His obsession borders on the creepy, he never really knew her that well in the beginning anyway let alone to call it true love.
I鈥檓 fed up, so I鈥檓 giving up. No rating.
This is tough for me to admit. I hate not finishing books but I cannot carry on with this any longer when I am not enjoying it and I have so many other books I could be reading instead.
The writing is tedious. Focused on a man rejected when he was young and his infatuation with this woman for years afterwards. He sleeps with numerous other women, as we are shown in detail. His first love marries another, but he still cannot move on.
His obsession borders on the creepy, he never really knew her that well in the beginning anyway let alone to call it true love.
I鈥檓 fed up, so I鈥檓 giving up. No rating.
November 19, 2015
This was not the book for me. I know a lot of people give it praise and it is considered a classic, but I never got into it.
It rambled . . . it was repetitive . . . I got bored.
What was supposed to be a story about love seemed to be more about twisted obsession and I never found it endearing. None of the characters were all that great and I pretty much found myself feeling sorry for everyone.
I was thankful when I was done.
It rambled . . . it was repetitive . . . I got bored.
What was supposed to be a story about love seemed to be more about twisted obsession and I never found it endearing. None of the characters were all that great and I pretty much found myself feeling sorry for everyone.
I was thankful when I was done.
March 20, 2018
!亘賲丕匕丕 禺乇噩鬲 賲賳 鬲賱賰 丕賱乇丨賱丞責 賱丕 卮卅 賷丕 氐丿賷賯賷
丕賴貙 爻賵賷 兀賳賳賷 夭乇鬲 噩夭乇 丕賱賰丕乇賷亘賷 亘賵丕賯毓賷丞 賱丕鬲禺賱賵 賲賳 丕賱爻丨乇 賱兀賵賱 賲乇丞 丿賵賳 賯乇丕氐賳鬲賴丕 賵噩賵賳賷 丿賷亘
賵 丕锘焚囐呚� 兀賳賷 鬲賷賯賳鬲 兀賳 丕賱卮賷禺賵禺丞 賵賲乇賵乇 丕賱夭賲賳 賱賷爻 賲賮夭毓丕 賱賴匕丕 丕賱丨丿 廿匕丕 賲丕賰賳鬲 鬲毓乇賮 丕賱丨亘 丨賯丕
兀賳賴丕 乇丨賱丞 賳氐丨賳賷 亘賴丕 賲丿賷乇賷 丕賱毓夭賷夭 '爻鬲賯乇兀 毓賳 丕賱丨亘 賮賷 夭賲賳 丕賱卮賷禺賵禺丞貙 亘賵氐賮 賲卮丕毓乇 爻丕丨乇丞 賰賲丕 賱賲 賵賱賳 鬲賯乇兀 賮賷 丨賷丕鬲賰' 賵賯丿 賰丕賳 賲丨賯丕
丕賱睾乇賷亘 廿賳賳賷 亘毓丿 賲賳鬲氐賮 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賵噩丿鬲 賳賮爻賷 兀賰鬲卮賮 兀賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱賷爻鬲 賱賵賳賷 丕賱賲賮囟賱 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 毓賱賷 丕锘坟焚勜з�...丿乇丕賲丕 乇賵賲丕賳爻賷丞 亘賱丕 禺賷丕賱 ..賵賲毓 匕賱賰 賱丕 兀爻鬲胤賷毓 廿賷賯丕賮 爻賲丕毓 孬乇孬乇丞 丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 噩丕亘乇賷丕賱 噩丕乇爻賷丕 賷丨賰賷 鬲賱賰 丕賱丨賰丕賷丞 賮賷 亘丕賱賷貙 亘兀爻賱賵亘賴 丕賱爻丕丨乇 丕賱匕賷 賷乇亘胤 亘賷賳 丕賱丨丕囟乇 賵丕賱賲丕囟賷 亘賱 賵賱賲丨丕鬲 賲賳 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 賮賷 賮賯乇丞 賵丕丨丿丞!!!貙 賵 亘鬲毓乇賷亘 丕賱毓賱賲丕賳賷 氐丕賱丨貙 賵噩丿鬲賳賷 賲賳噩乇賮丕 賲毓 鬲賱賰 丕賱孬乇孬乇丞 丕賱毓噩賷亘丞 賰兀賳賳賷 兀毓賷卮 鬲賱賰 丕賱丨賷丕丞...賵兀卮賷禺 亘賴丕
賮賯丿 亘乇毓 賰毓丕丿鬲賴 賮賷 賵氐賮 丕賱夭賲賳..賵毓賱丕賲丕鬲 賲乇賵乇賴 丕賱賯丕爻賷丞
丕賱丨亘 賮賷 夭賲賳 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕貙 兀賵丕卅賱 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱毓卮乇賷賳 亘丕賱賰丕乇賷亘賷 賮賷 6 賮氐賵賱 賲禺鬲賱賮丞 胤賵賷賱丞
丕賱賮氐賱 70 氐賮丨丞 鬲賯乇賷亘丕 毓丿丕 丕锘坟娯� 90 氐賮丨丞
賲乇丞 丕禺乇賷 賳賮爻 賳氐賷丨鬲賷 賰賭乇賷賮賷賵 賲丕卅丞 毓丕賲 賲賳 丕賱毓夭賱丞
.兀賲賳丨 丕賱賮氐賱 丨賯賴 賮賷 賵賯鬲 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞貙 丕賱70 氐賮丨丞 丨賵丕賱賷 爻丕毓丞 賵賳氐賮 廿賱賷 丕孬賳鬲賷賳 -賳爻禺丞 鬲乇噩賲丞 氐丕賱丨 毓賱賲丕賳賷-貙 賴賷 賳賮爻 丕賱賳爻禺丞 丕賱賲鬲丕丨丞 丕賱賰鬲乇賵賳賷丕 賵賱賰賳 丕賱氐賮丨丕鬲 丕賱丕賱賰鬲乇賵賳賷丞 兀胤賵賱 賲爻丕丨丞
賵兀賴賱丕 亘賰 賮賷 噩夭乇 丕锘焚嗀娰� 丨賷孬 乇丕卅丨丞 兀卮噩丕乇 丕賱賲賵夭 賵丕锘焚嗁囏ж� 賵 丨賱賵賷 噩賵夭 丕賱賴賳丿...賵賱賱兀爻賮 乇丕卅丨丞 丕賱噩孬孬 兀丨賷丕賳丕 賲賳 亘賯丕賷丕 廿毓氐丕乇 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕 丕賱毓丕鬲賷
丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕 丕賱鬲賷 丨丕賵賱 丕賱丿賰鬲賵乇 禺賵賮賷賳賷丕賱 丕賵乇亘賷賳賵 鬲丨氐賷賳 亘賱丿鬲賴 賲賳賴 亘賳卮乇 丕賱賵毓賷 丕賱氐丨賷貙 廿賳賴 丕賱丿賰鬲賵乇 丕賱兀賴賲 匕賵 丕賱氐賵鬲 丕賱賲爻賲賵毓 亘丕賱亘賱丿 亘毓丿 爻賳賵丕鬲 丕賱禺亘乇丞 丕賱胤賵賷賱丞
賵乇丕卅丨丞 賲丿丕禺賳 丕賱亘丕禺乇丕鬲 丕賱賳賴乇賷丞 丕賱鬲丕亘毓丞 賱賱卮乇賰丞 丕賱賵丨賷丿丞 賵丕锘焚囐� 亘丕賱賲賳胤賯丞貙 卮乇賰丞 丕賱賰丕乇賷亘賷 賱賱賲賱丕丨丞 丕賱賳賴乇賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 賷乇兀爻賴丕 禺賱賮丕 賱毓賲賴 賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賷賳賵 兀乇賷孬丕 亘毓丿 爻賳賵丕鬲 賲賳 丕賱毓賲賱 丕賱賰丕丿丨
賵賲丕 賷乇亘胤 丕賱丿賰鬲賵乇 丕賵乇亘賷賳賵 亘丕賱爻賷丿 丕賱賵賯賵乇 兀乇賷孬丕 爻賵賷 兀賳 丕賱廿孬賳丕賳 兀丨亘丕 廿賲乇兀丞 賵丕丨丿丞...賮賷乇賲賷賳賷丕 丿丕孬丕...賵賱賰賳 賱賴匕丕 賯氐丞 胤賵賷賱丞...賵賱賰賳 丿毓賵賳丕 賳賯爻賲 乇兀賷賳丕 亘丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘丨爻亘 賮氐賵賱賴丕
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丕賱賮氐賱 丕锘焚堎� : 丕賱丨亘 丕賱夭賵噩賷 丕賱賲丐亘丿
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賮賷 賮氐賱 賵丕丨丿 爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賷 丿.禺賵賮賷賳賷丕賱 兀賵乇亘賷賳賵貙 丕賱賰亘賷乇 毓賲乇丕 賵賲賯丕賲丕 爻丕亘賯 丕賱匕賰乇貙 賮賷 氐亘丕丨 賷賵賲 '賳丨爻' 貙 丕賱匕賷 亘丿兀賴 亘夭賷丕乇丞 兀禺賷乇丞 賱氐丿賷賯 賲爻鬲丨丿孬 賱賴 賱賷鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賷 噩孬鬲賴貙 賵賷亘丿賷 兀爻賮賴 賱廿賳鬲丨丕乇賴 賱爻亘亘 睾賷乇 丕賱丨亘
爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賷 鬲賯丿賷爻賴 賱賱丨亘貙 亘丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 兀賳 丨亘賴 賱夭賵噩鬲賴 賮賷乇賲賷賳賷丕 丿丕孬丕 鬲賵胤丿 亘丨賰賲 丕賱毓卮乇丞 丕賱夭賵噩賷丞
亘兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱孬乇孬乇丞 丕賱爻丕丨乇 賷乇賵賷 賱賰 丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 丕賱爻賳賵丕鬲 丕賱兀禺賷乇丞 賮賷 毓賲乇 夭賵丕噩賴賲丕貙 丕賱禺賱丕賮丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 賱丕 賷禺賱賵 賲丕 賷卮亘賴賴丕 賮賷 兀賷 毓氐乇 賵兀賷 亘賷鬲 賮賷 丕賱毓丕賱賲
毓卮賯鬲 匕賱賰 丕賱噩夭亍 噩丿丕貙 乇兀賷鬲 噩賲丕賱 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱夭賵噩賷丞 亘賲卮丕賰賱賴丕 賵賵丕賯毓賷鬲賴丕貙 丨賯丕 賲賳 賯丕賱 兀賳 兀丿亘 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賴丿賮賴 丕賱賲鬲毓丞 賵兀賳 賱賷爻 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞 乇爻丕賱丞...廿匕丕 賱賲 賷睾賷乇 乇兀賷賰 匕賱賰 丕賱賮氐賱 亘鬲丨賲賱 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱夭賵噩賷丞 賮賲丕 賯丿 賷賮毓賱責
爻鬲乇賷 賵賯賵賮 丕賱夭賵噩丞 賲毓 夭賵噩賴丕 賰丿丕毓賲 兀賲丕賲 毓賱丕賲丕鬲 丕賱卮賷禺賵禺丞 丕賱賯丕爻賷丞貙 賰賷賮 賷噩毓賱 賴匕丕 丕賱丨賷丕丞 兀賰孬乇 兀丨鬲賲丕賱丕
賲丕 賴丿賮 兀賷 乇賵丕賷丞 睾賷乇 賲賳丨賰 賲賳馗賵乇 兀噩賲賱 賱賱丨賷丕丞責
賷丕 賱賱賯卮毓乇賷乇丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲爻亘亘賴丕 賱賷 丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 亘賴匕丕 丕賱噩夭亍貙 亘賴匕賴 丕賱噩賲賱丞 丕賱亘爻賷胤丞
賵賷賳鬲賴賷 丕賱賮氐賱 亘氐丿賲丞 賱賷貙 孬賲 亘廿賰鬲卮丕賮 卮禺氐賷丞 噩丿賷丿丞..廿賳賴 賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賷賳賵 兀乇賷孬丕...亘胤賱 丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱孬丕賳賷
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丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱孬丕賳賷 :丕賱丨亘 丕賱賲乇丕賴賯 丕賱亘丕卅爻
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賵爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 賮賷賴 毓賱賷 卮亘丕亘 賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賷賳賵 兀乇賷孬丕貙 丨賷丕鬲賴 賲毓 兀賲賴 丕賱爻賷丿丞 丕賱賯賵賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲毓乇賮 賰賱 卮卅 毓賳 丕賱丨亘 ...賵丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕
賵毓賲賱賴 賮賷 丕賱鬲賱睾乇丕賮 賲毓噩夭丞 賴匕丕 丕賱夭賲丕賳貙 賵賴匕丕 丕賱毓賲賱 亘丕賱鬲賱睾乇丕賮 丕賱匕賷 賷鬲爻亘亘 賮賷 毓卮賯賴 賵兀賮鬲賳賳丕賳賴 丕賱賲乇丕賴賯 亘賮賷乇賲賷賳丕 丿丕孬丕
賵丕賱鬲賷 兀賷囟丕 爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賷賴丕 賮賷 卮亘丕亘賴丕 賵毓賲鬲賴丕 賵 兀亘賷賴丕 丕賱匕賷 噩丕亍 亘賴賲丕 賲賴丕噩乇丕 賲賳 爻丕賳 禺賵丕賳 賴丕乇亘丕 賲賳 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕
爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賷 鬲卮丿賷丿 兀亘賵賴丕 丕賱乇賴賷亘 毓賱賷賴丕 丨賷賳 賷毓乇賮 亘兀毓噩丕亘 匕賱賰 丕賱賮鬲賷 丕賱亘丕卅爻 亘賴丕貙 賵賮鬲乇丞 丨亘賴賲丕 丕賱賯氐賷乇丞 亘乇睾賲 賲賳 廿亘鬲毓丕丿賴丕 毓賳賴 亘兀賲乇 兀亘賷賴丕 廿賱賷 亘賱丿丞 兀禺乇賷 賱賮鬲乇丞 賲丕
兀丨賱丕賲 丕賱賲乇丕賴賯丞 賵 卮賯丕賵鬲賴丕 賵 丨賱賲 丕賱亘丨孬 毓賳 丕賱賰賳賵夭 丕賱睾丕乇賯丞 亘亘丨丕乇 丕賱賰丕乇賷亘賷 賲賳匕 賯乇賳 賲囟賷
噩賲丕賱 賵氐賮 丕賱丨賷丕丞 亘鬲賱賰 丕賱賲賳胤賯丞 丕賱賰丕乇賷亘賷丞 亘乇毓 亘賴丕 丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 賰毓丕丿鬲賴貙 賵賲夭噩 丕锘坟池ж焚娯� 亘丕賱賵丕賯毓貙 賵卮乇丨賴 丕賱賲鬲賯賳 賱丨亘 丕賱賲乇丕賴賯丞 丕賱賲鬲賯賱亘 賰丕賳 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 賲賲鬲丕夭 亘賴匕丕 丕賱賮氐賱
鬲賳鬲賴賷 亘賴匕賴 丕賱爻賴賵賱丞 ,亘鬲賯賱亘 丨亘 丕賱賲乇丕賴賯丞 賯氐丞 丨亘 賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賷賳賵 兀乇賷孬丕 丕賱賲乇丕賴賯 丕賱鬲賷 賰丕賳鬲 兀毓乇丕囟賴丕 兀卮亘賴 亘丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕 ...賵賱賰賳 賲賳 賯丕賱 兀賳賴 卮賮賷 賲賳賴丕 賱賱兀亘丿責
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丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱孬丕賱孬 : 丕賱丨亘 丕賱兀乇爻鬲賯乇丕胤賷 丕賱賳丕囟噩
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丨賷孬 鬲鬲丕亘毓 毓賵丿丞 丿賰鬲賵乇 禺賵賮賷賳丕賱 丕賵乇亘賷賳賵 丕賱卮丕亘 匕賵 丕锘坟蒂� 丕賱丕乇爻鬲賯乇丕胤賷 廿賱賷 賲賵胤賳賴 丕賱賰丕乇賷亘賷 亘毓丿 丿乇丕爻鬲賴 丕賱胤亘 賮賷 亘丕乇賷爻...賱賲丕匕丕 毓丕丿責 锘焚嗁� 爻賯胤 賮賷 兀丨丕亘賷賱 丕賱丨賳賷賳 丕賱禺丕丿毓丞貙 賮賯丿 賰丕賳 卮丕亘丕 賱丕 賷毓乇賮 兀賳 匕丕賰乇丞 丕賱賯賱亘 鬲賲丨賵 賰賱 丕賱匕賰乇賷丕鬲 丕賱爻賷卅丞 賵鬲囟禺賲 丕賱匕賰乇賷丕鬲 丕賱胤賷亘丞..毓丕丿 賱賱賵丕賯毓 丕賱睾丕乇賯 賮賷 丕锘焚囐呚з� 丕賱氐丨賷 丕賱乇賴賷亘貙 毓丕丿 賮丕鬲丨丕 氐丿乇賴 賰兀亘賷賴 賱賲賲丕乇爻丞 丕賱胤亘 賵賲賵丕噩賴丞 兀爻亘丕亘 鬲賮卮賷 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕貙 賵賱賰賳 賮賷 賲賵胤賳賴
賵賱兀爻賲 毓丕卅賱鬲賴貙 賵鬲賮賵賯賴 氐丕乇 賱賴 氐賵鬲丕 賲爻賲賵毓丕 賮賷 丕賱亘賱丿..禺丕氐丕 亘毓丿 兀氐賱丕丨丕鬲賴 丕賱氐丨賷丞 賱賲賵丕噩賴丞 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕
賵賳鬲賷噩丞 鬲卮禺賷氐 禺丕胤卅 賱賱賰賵賱賷乇丕 賯丕亘賱 賯丿乇賴...丕賱鬲賷 鬲毓賱賯 亘賴丕 賯賱亘賴 賵馗賱 賯賱亘賴丕 毓氐賷丕 貙 賮賷乇賲賷賳賷丕 丿丕孬丕
賮賷乇賲賷賳賷丕 丿丕孬丕 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賮丕噩兀 亘鬲睾賷乇 乇丿賵丿 丕賱兀賮毓丕賱 丨賷丕賱 丨亘 賴匕丕 丕賱丿賰鬲賵乇 賱賴丕 賲賳 賰賱 賲賳 丨賵賱賴丕 亘丕锘坟� 丕賱匕賷賳 乇賮囟賵丕 賯亘賱丕 丨亘 賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賷賳賵 兀乇賷孬丕 賱賴丕 ... 丨鬲賷 鬲賵丕賮賯 毓賱賷 丕賱夭賵丕噩 兀禺賷乇丕 賲賳賴 亘毓丿 賲丨丕賵賱丕鬲賴 賵賰賱 賲賳 丨賵賱賴丕 锘焚傎嗀ж官囏�
賰賱 賲賳 丨賵賱賴丕 兀賯賳毓賵賴丕 亘丕賱胤亘毓 毓丿丕 賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賷賳賵 兀乇賷孬丕..丕賱匕賷 賯乇乇 丕賱賴乇亘 賲賳 丕賱亘賱丿丞 賰賱賴丕 賱賷丨丕賵賱 賳爻賷丕賳賴丕 亘丨噩丞 鬲毓賱賲 丕賱鬲賱睾乇丕賮貙 賵賷乇賰亘 丕賱爻賮賷賳丞 丕賱亘禺丕乇賷丞 锘焚堎� 賲乇丞 丕賱鬲丕亘毓丞 賱卮乇賰丞 毓賲賴 貙 卮乇賰丞 丕賱賰丕乇賷亘賷 賱賱賲賱丕丨丞 丕賱賳賴乇賷丞
賵兀孬賳丕亍 爻賮乇賴 賷氐丕亘 亘丨賲賷 丕賱丨亘 賲乇丞 兀禺乇賷 毓賳丿賲丕 賷賮賰乇 兀賳 賴匕丕 賳賮爻 賷賵賲 夭賵丕噩 丨亘賷亘鬲賴 丕賱賵丨賷丿丞...賳賮爻 丕賱丨賲賷 丕賱鬲賷 兀氐賷亘 亘賴丕 賯亘賱丕貙 丨賲賷 鬲卮亘賴 丨賲賷 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕...賵賱賰賳賴丕 賱賲 鬲賱夭賲 丕賱亘丕禺乇丞 亘廿毓賱丕賳 賵噩賵丿 乇丕賰亘 賲氐丕亘 亘丨賲賷 丕賱丨亘 賰毓丕丿鬲賴丕 毓賳丿 兀氐丕亘丞 乇丕賰亘 亘丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕 毓賳 胤乇賷賯 乇賮毓 乇丕賷丞 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕 丕賱氐賮乇丕亍 丕賱賰卅賷亘丞
亘丿賷毓 賴匕丕 丕賱賮氐賱 賮賷 賵氐賮 丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 賱鬲賱賰 丕賱乇丨賱丞 丕賱賳賴乇賷丞 亘丕锘焚呚ж操堎� 亘賷賳 噩夭乇 丕賱賰丕乇賷亘賷 , 爻鬲卮毓乇 賰賲丕 賱賵 兀賳賰 賲毓 賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賷賳賵 兀乇賷孬丕 毓賱賷 賲鬲賳 丕賱爻賮賷賳丞 賵鬲乇賷 賲丕賷乇丕賴 賲賳 賮丕亘丕鬲 禺賱丕亘丞
賵爻鬲卮毓乇 亘噩賲丕賱賴丕 兀賰孬乇 丨賷賳 鬲乇賷 丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱兀禺賷乇 賳賮爻 丕賱乇丨賱丞 亘兀禺鬲賱丕賮 賲乇賵乇 丕賱夭賲賳 貙 賵兀孬丕乇賴 丕賱賯丕爻賷丞 賵乇爻丕賱丞 丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 賲賳 賰賱 鬲賱賰 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞
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丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱乇丕亘毓 : 丕賱丨亘 丕賱亘賵賴賷賲賷貙 賵丨亘 丕賱亘丕匕賳噩丕賳
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賴賳丕 賳鬲丕亘毓 賲睾丕賲乇丕鬲 賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賷賳賵 兀乇賷孬丕 丕賱亘賵賴賷賲賷丞 貙 賵丕賱鬲賷 賱噩兀 賱賴丕 賰毓賱丕噩 賱賱賰賵賱賷乇丕貙 毓匕乇丕 貙 賰毓賱丕噩 兀賵 亘丕锘坟� 賲爻賰賳丕 锘焚勜з� 鬲毓賱賯賴 亘賮賷乇賲賷賳丕 丿丕孬丕
丨賷孬 賯乇乇 丕賱毓賵丿丞 賱亘賱丿鬲賴 賵賲丨丕賵賱丞 兀賳 賷賰賵賳 匕賵 卮兀賳 賮賯胤 賱賷賱賷賯 亘賴丕 亘毓丿 毓賲乇 胤賵賷賱貙 亘毓丿 賲賵鬲 夭賵噩賴丕...賮亘丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 夭賵丕噩賴丕 賮賴賵 賱賲 賷賮賯丿 丕锘焚呝� 亘毓丿
賵賱賰賳 丨丕丿孬 賮賯丿 毓匕乇賷鬲賴 賮賷 丕賱爻賮賷賳丞 亘丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱爻丕亘賯 毓賱賷 賷丿 廿賲乇兀丞 賲噩賴賵賱丞 鬲丨賵賱 丕锘焚呚� 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賴 賰毓丕丿丞 貙 亘丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 卮毓賵乇賴 兀賳賴 亘匕賱賰 賷禺賵賳 賮賷乇賲賷賳賷丕 丿丕孬丕
賵賮賷 賳賮爻 丕賱賵賯鬲 賳鬲丕亘毓 鬲兀賯賱賲 賮賷乇賲賷賳丕 丿丕孬丕 賲毓 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 丕賱夭賵噩賷丞貙賵丨賲丕鬲賴丕 賮賷 鬲兀賯賱賲 賵氐賱 賱丨亘 丕賱亘丕匕賳噩丕賳
乇亘賲丕 兀賰孬乇 賲丕 兀毓噩亘賳賷 亘賴匕丕 丕賱噩夭亍 賴賵 孬乇孬乇丞 丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 毓賳 丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丕賱噩賲賷賱丞 賱賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱夭賵噩賷丞 亘賷賳 禺賵賮賷賳丕賱 丕賵乇亘賷賳賵 賵 賮賷乇賲賷賳賷丕 丿丕孬丕 亘禺賱丕賮丕鬲賴丕 丕賱鬲賷 賱丕 鬲禺鬲賱賮 賮賷 兀賷 賲賰丕賳 亘丕賱毓丕賱賲 賵兀賷 毓氐乇 亘胤乇賷賯丞 賵丕賯毓賷丞貙 賱丕 兀丿乇賷 賮毓賱丕 賰賷賮 噩毓賱賳賷 賴匕丕 丕賱噩夭亍 兀卮毓乇 亘賯乇亘 賲丕乇賰賷夭 賲賳賷 賵賰兀賳賴 賮毓賱丕 噩丕賱爻丕 賲毓賷 賷丨賰賷 鬲賱賰 丕賱丨賰丕賷丞 亘乇亘胤賴 賱鬲賱賰 丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丕賱氐睾賷乇丞 丨鬲賷 賵氐賱 賱噩夭亍 丕賱亘丕匕賳噩丕賳貙 賵賲睾夭丕賴 賮賷 鬲賱賰 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞
亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賷 賴匕丕 丕賱賮氐賱 賷毓賷亘賴 賰孬乇丞 丕賱噩賳爻 亘賴 毓賳 兀賷 賮氐賱 兀禺乇 .. 賵賱賰賳 賴賳丕賰 卮賷卅丕 賲丕 賮賷 兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 賷噩毓賱賰 鬲卮毓乇 亘毓丿賲 賮噩丕噩鬲賴 乇睾賲 亘賵賴賷賲鬲賴 丕賱賲賮乇胤丞貙 賱匕賱賰 賱賲 兀賳賯氐 丕賱鬲賯賷賷賲 賰孬賷乇丕貙 賵賱賰賳 賵噩亘 丕锘坟簇ж必� 丨賷孬 賱丕 賷賲賰賳 鬲噩賳亘 丕賱賮氐賱 賱兀賳 亘賴 兀賷囟丕 睾賷乇 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱亘賵賴賷賲賷 賰賷賮賷丞 賵氐賵賱 賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賷賳賵 兀乇賷孬丕 賱賲賳氐亘賴 賰氐丕丨亘 卮乇賰丞 丕賱賰丕乇賷亘賷 賱賱賲賱丕丨丞 丕賱賳賴乇賷丞 貙 賵丨亘賴 丕賱禺丕賱丿 乇睾賲 賰賱 卮卅
賵乇亘賲丕 兀噩賲賱 賲丕 亘丕賱賮氐賱 賴賷 鬲賱賰 丕賱賮鬲乇丞 丕賱鬲賷 賯囟丕賴丕 賷賰鬲亘 乇爻丕卅賱 丕賱毓卮賯 賱賱毓丕卮賯賷賳 亘丿賵賳 賲賯丕亘賱貙 賵丕賱鬲兀孬乇 亘賯氐丞 賵賮丕丞 兀賲賴..鬲賱賰 丕賱爻賷丿丞 丕賱賯賵賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 毓乇賮鬲 丕賱丨亘 賵賱賰賳賴丕, 丕賱賲爻賰賷賳丞 , 禺賱胤鬲 匕丕賰乇鬲賴丕 亘賷賳 丕賱丨亘 賵亘賷賳 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕 賮賷 爻賳賵丕鬲 卮賷禺賵禺鬲賴丕
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丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱禺丕賲爻 : 丕賱丨亘 賵 丕賱夭賲賳
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賴匕丕 丕賱噩夭亍 賯丿 賷毓鬲亘乇 賳賴丕賷丞 噩夭亍 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱爻丕亘賯丞 賱賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱兀賵賱 賵丕賱鬲賷 鬲毓亘乇 毓賳 丕賱丨丕囟乇 丨賷孬 兀賳 亘丕賯賷 丕賱賮氐賵賱 賴賷 賮賱丕卮 亘丕賰 丕賵 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 丕賱爻丕亘賯丞 賱賱賮氐賱 丕賱兀賵賱貙 丨鬲賷 鬲氐賱 賱賳賴丕賷鬲賴 賲乇丞 兀禺乇賷 亘賳賴丕賷丞 賴匕丕 丕賱賮氐賱..兀賷 鬲氐賱 賱賱賵賯鬲 丕賱丨丕囟乇
爻鬲噩丿 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱禺賵賮賷賳丕賱 丕賵乇亘賷賳賵 賵 賮賷乇賲賷賳賷丕 丿丕孬丕 賰賷賮 鬲丨賵賱 夭賵丕噩賴賲 賵賯丕賵賲 賰賱 丕賱賲卮丕賰賱 丨鬲賷 賵氐賱 賱賱丨丕囟乇..丨鬲賷 賵氐賱 賱鬲賱賰 丕賱噩賲賱丞 丕賱噩賲賷賱丞
賵賰賷賮 賵氐賱 賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賷賳賵 兀乇賷孬丕 賱賲賰丕賳鬲賴 貙 賵睾乇丕賲賷丕鬲賴 賵賲毓 匕賱賰 賲鬲卮亘孬丕 亘兀賲賱 毓賵丿鬲賴 賱賮賷乇賲賷賳賷丕 丿丕孬丕
賵賰賷賮 賷賲乇 丕賱夭賲賳 鬲丕乇賰丕 兀孬丕乇賴 毓賱賷賳丕....丕賱鬲賷賲丞 丕賱乇卅賷爻賷丞 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞
乇亘賲丕 毓丕亘 丕賱賮氐賱 兀賷囟丕 卮賷卅丕 賲賳 丕賱亘賵賴賷賲賷丞貙 賵賱賰賳 賮賷 賳賮爻 丕賱賵賯鬲 賯丿賲 卮賰賱 毓丕賲 亘爻胤賵乇 亘爻賷胤丞 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱爻賷丕爻賷丞 亘丕賱賰丕乇賷亘賷 貙 丨乇亘賴丕 丕锘焚囐勝娯� 賵丿爻丕鬲賷乇賴丕 丕賱鬲賷 賱丕 鬲禺鬲賱賮 賰孬賷乇丕 毓賳 爻丕亘賯鬲賴丕...亘賱 賵锘坟池冑呚з� 噩賵 丕賱孬乇孬乇丞 鬲噩丿賴 賷匕賰乇 賱賰 鬲賱賰 丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丕賱亘爻賷胤丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲卮毓乇賰 賮毓賱丕 兀賳鬲賯賱鬲 賱夭賲賳 兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞
賵賱賰賳賴 賷馗賱 賲賳 兀噩夭丕卅賷 丕賱賲賮囟賱丞 亘丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱賵氐賮賴 丕賱賲禺丕賵賮 丕賱鬲賷 賷卮毓乇 亘賴丕 丕賱賲乇亍 亘爻亘亘 賲乇賵乇 丕賱夭賲賳..丕賱夭賲賳 賵毓賱丕賲丕鬲賴 丕賱賯丕爻賷丞...兀賲乇 亘乇毓 丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 賵氐賮賴 賴賳丕 賰賲丕 賮賷 賲丕卅丞 毓丕賲 賲賳 丕賱毓夭賱丞 ....亘丕锘坟� 賰賲丕 賷卮毓乇 亘賴 賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賷賳賵 兀乇賷孬丕 賲賳 賲乇丕丨賱 賰亘乇賴 賮賷 丕賱爻賳 賲賳 氐賱毓 賵賮賯丿 兀爻賳丕賳
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丕賱賮氐賱 丕锘坟娯� : 丕賱丨亘 賮賷 夭賲賳 丕賱卮賷禺賵禺丞...丕賱丨亘 賮賷 夭賲賳 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕
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賵賴匕丕 賴賵 丕賱噩夭亍 丕锘坟呝勜� 賵丕賱匕賷 爻兀鬲乇賰賰 賱鬲賰鬲卮賮 兀丨丿丕孬賴 亘賳賮爻賰
賵賱賰賳 爻兀賯賵賱 賱賰 兀賲乇丕 貙 賳毓賲 爻賷賳鬲氐乇 丕賱丨亘
賲賳 賯丕賱 兀賳 賱賷爻 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞 賴丿賮 賵賱丕 乇爻丕賱丞...廿賳賴丕 毓賳 丨亘 賷亘賯賷 賵賷爻鬲賲乇 貙 丨亘 賷丿賮毓 賱賱兀爻鬲賲乇丕乇 賵丕賱丨賷丕丞
亘乇睾賲 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕貙 亘乇睾賲 丕賱卮賷禺賵禺丞 兀賵 丕賱毓噩夭
亘乇睾賲 丕賱夭賲賳 賵賯爻賵丞 賲乇賵乇賴
賲丨賳貙 賲卮 賲購丨賳 貙 亘囟賲 丕賱賲賷賲貙 廿賷賴丕 丕賱賲丐賱賮賷賳 丕賱賲氐乇賷賷賳 丕賱賲賲丨賵賳賷賳
賴匕丕 賴賵 丕賱丨亘...丕賱丨亘 丕賱匕賷 賷噩亘 兀賳 鬲毓乇賮賴 賰賷 鬲毓賷卮
兀賳馗乇 賱睾丕亘丕鬲 丕賱賰丕乇賷亘賷 丨賵賱 賳賴乇 丕锘焚呚ж操堎� 賮賷 丕賱乇丨賱丞 丕賱賳賴乇賷丞 丕锘焚堎勝� 亘丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱孬丕賱孬 孬賲 廿賱賷賴丕 亘毓丿 51 爻賳丞貙 匕賱賰 丕賱鬲賲丕孬賱 丕賱亘丿賷毓 丕賱匕賷 乇爻賲賴 丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 亘丕賱賳賴丕賷丞
廿賳馗乇 廿賱賷 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賵 卮賷禺賵禺鬲賴丕 賵毓噩夭賴丕....孬賲 兀賳馗乇 賲丕 賯丿 賷賮毓賱 丕賱丨亘 亘賰 賵賲賳 丨賵賱賰
廿賳賴 丕賱丨亘 丕賱匕賷 賷噩丿丿 丕賱丨賷丕丞
賵賷賴夭賲 丕賱夭賲賳 貙 丨鬲賷 賱賵 賰丕賳 夭賲賳 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕
賱賷爻鬲 賱賵賳賷 丕賱賲賮囟賱 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲貙 锘焚嗁� 賱兀毓鬲賯丿 兀賳賴 賲賳 丕賱氐毓亘 兀賳 賷賯賳毓賳賷 乇賵丕卅賷 兀禺乇 亘丕賱丨亘 賲孬賱賲丕 賮毓賱 丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 噩丕亘乇賷賱 噩丕乇爻賷丕
賲丨賲丿 丕賱毓乇亘賷
賲賳 10 賮亘乇丕賷乇 2015
廿賱賷 14 賮亘乇丕賷乇 2015
賲賱丕丨馗丞 毓賱賷 噩賳亘
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丕賱賲賳鬲噩 爻賰賵鬲 爻鬲賷賳丿賵乇賮 貙 賲賳鬲噩 賮賷賱賲 丕賱丨亘 賮賷 夭賲賳 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕 毓丕賲 2007 馗賱 賯亘賱賴丕 賱孬賱丕孬 爻賳賵丕鬲 賮賷 賲胤丕乇丿丞 丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 丕賱匕賷 賱丕 賷賵丕賮賯 毓賱賷 鬲丨賵賷賱 乇賵丕賷丕鬲賴 賱兀賮賱丕賲 賱賷丨鬲賮馗 丕賱賯丕乇卅 亘鬲禺賷賱賴 賱賴丕
賯丕賱 賱賴 丕賱賲賳鬲噩 毓亘丕乇丞 賰丕賳鬲 爻亘亘丕 賮賷 兀賯賳丕毓 丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 賱賱賲賵丕賮賯丞 毓賱賷 丕賱賮賷賱賲貙... 賯丕賱 賱賴 兀賳賴 賷毓鬲亘乇 賳賮爻賴 賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賷賳賵 兀乇賷孬丕 賵鬲賱賰 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賴賷 賮賷乇賲賷賳賷丕 丿丕孬丕 亘丕賱賳爻亘賴 賱賴貙 賵賱賳 賷鬲賳丕夭賱 毓賳 丨賱賲賴 亘鬲丨賵賷賱賴丕 賱賮賷賱賲 賵賱賵 賱賵丕丨丿 賵禺賲爻賷賳 毓丕賲丕
賵亘氐乇丕丨丞貙 賱賯丿 兀亘丿毓 丕賱賲賳鬲噩 賮賷 噩毓賱 丕賱賮賷賱賲 賯乇賷亘丕 噩丿丕 噩丿丕 賲賳 乇賵丨 丕賱乇賵丕亘丞
賵兀賳 鬲囟丕賷賯鬲 賱丨匕賮 噩夭亍 睾丕亘丕鬲 丕賱賰丕乇賷亘賷 亘丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賵賲賵賯賮 丕賱賰丕亘鬲賳 毓賳 丕賱氐賷丿 丕賱匕賷 兀毓噩亘賳賷 亘賯賵丞 亘丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 氐睾乇 丕賱丿賵乇 賵賱賰賳 丕賱鬲氐賵賷乇 毓丕賲丕 亘丕賱賮賷賱賲 賲賲鬲丕夭 -亘丕賱胤亘毓 賷毓賷亘賴 賮丨爻亘 卮卅 賲賳 丕賱毓乇賷 亘丕賱兀丨丿丕孬
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賱丕 鬲賳爻 兀匕丕 兀毓噩亘賰 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賷噩亘 賯乇丕亍丞 乇賵丕賷鬲賴 丕賱兀禺乇賷 毓賳 丕賱夭賲賳
賵廿賳 賰丕賳鬲 賲禺鬲賱賮丞 鬲賲丕賲丕
賲賳 乇賷賮賷賵 賲丕卅丞 毓丕賲 賲賳 丕賱毓夭賱丞
丕賴貙 爻賵賷 兀賳賳賷 夭乇鬲 噩夭乇 丕賱賰丕乇賷亘賷 亘賵丕賯毓賷丞 賱丕鬲禺賱賵 賲賳 丕賱爻丨乇 賱兀賵賱 賲乇丞 丿賵賳 賯乇丕氐賳鬲賴丕 賵噩賵賳賷 丿賷亘
賵 丕锘焚囐呚� 兀賳賷 鬲賷賯賳鬲 兀賳 丕賱卮賷禺賵禺丞 賵賲乇賵乇 丕賱夭賲賳 賱賷爻 賲賮夭毓丕 賱賴匕丕 丕賱丨丿 廿匕丕 賲丕賰賳鬲 鬲毓乇賮 丕賱丨亘 丨賯丕
兀賳賴丕 乇丨賱丞 賳氐丨賳賷 亘賴丕 賲丿賷乇賷 丕賱毓夭賷夭 '爻鬲賯乇兀 毓賳 丕賱丨亘 賮賷 夭賲賳 丕賱卮賷禺賵禺丞貙 亘賵氐賮 賲卮丕毓乇 爻丕丨乇丞 賰賲丕 賱賲 賵賱賳 鬲賯乇兀 賮賷 丨賷丕鬲賰' 賵賯丿 賰丕賳 賲丨賯丕
丕賱睾乇賷亘 廿賳賳賷 亘毓丿 賲賳鬲氐賮 丕賱賰鬲丕亘 賵噩丿鬲 賳賮爻賷 兀賰鬲卮賮 兀賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱賷爻鬲 賱賵賳賷 丕賱賲賮囟賱 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲 毓賱賷 丕锘坟焚勜з�...丿乇丕賲丕 乇賵賲丕賳爻賷丞 亘賱丕 禺賷丕賱 ..賵賲毓 匕賱賰 賱丕 兀爻鬲胤賷毓 廿賷賯丕賮 爻賲丕毓 孬乇孬乇丞 丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 噩丕亘乇賷丕賱 噩丕乇爻賷丕 賷丨賰賷 鬲賱賰 丕賱丨賰丕賷丞 賮賷 亘丕賱賷貙 亘兀爻賱賵亘賴 丕賱爻丕丨乇 丕賱匕賷 賷乇亘胤 亘賷賳 丕賱丨丕囟乇 賵丕賱賲丕囟賷 亘賱 賵賱賲丨丕鬲 賲賳 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 賮賷 賮賯乇丞 賵丕丨丿丞!!!貙 賵 亘鬲毓乇賷亘 丕賱毓賱賲丕賳賷 氐丕賱丨貙 賵噩丿鬲賳賷 賲賳噩乇賮丕 賲毓 鬲賱賰 丕賱孬乇孬乇丞 丕賱毓噩賷亘丞 賰兀賳賳賷 兀毓賷卮 鬲賱賰 丕賱丨賷丕丞...賵兀卮賷禺 亘賴丕
賮賯丿 亘乇毓 賰毓丕丿鬲賴 賮賷 賵氐賮 丕賱夭賲賳..賵毓賱丕賲丕鬲 賲乇賵乇賴 丕賱賯丕爻賷丞
丕賱丨亘 賮賷 夭賲賳 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕貙 兀賵丕卅賱 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱毓卮乇賷賳 亘丕賱賰丕乇賷亘賷 賮賷 6 賮氐賵賱 賲禺鬲賱賮丞 胤賵賷賱丞
丕賱賮氐賱 70 氐賮丨丞 鬲賯乇賷亘丕 毓丿丕 丕锘坟娯� 90 氐賮丨丞
賲乇丞 丕禺乇賷 賳賮爻 賳氐賷丨鬲賷 賰賭乇賷賮賷賵 賲丕卅丞 毓丕賲 賲賳 丕賱毓夭賱丞
.兀賲賳丨 丕賱賮氐賱 丨賯賴 賮賷 賵賯鬲 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞貙 丕賱70 氐賮丨丞 丨賵丕賱賷 爻丕毓丞 賵賳氐賮 廿賱賷 丕孬賳鬲賷賳 -賳爻禺丞 鬲乇噩賲丞 氐丕賱丨 毓賱賲丕賳賷-貙 賴賷 賳賮爻 丕賱賳爻禺丞 丕賱賲鬲丕丨丞 丕賱賰鬲乇賵賳賷丕 賵賱賰賳 丕賱氐賮丨丕鬲 丕賱丕賱賰鬲乇賵賳賷丞 兀胤賵賱 賲爻丕丨丞
賵兀賴賱丕 亘賰 賮賷 噩夭乇 丕锘焚嗀娰� 丨賷孬 乇丕卅丨丞 兀卮噩丕乇 丕賱賲賵夭 賵丕锘焚嗁囏ж� 賵 丨賱賵賷 噩賵夭 丕賱賴賳丿...賵賱賱兀爻賮 乇丕卅丨丞 丕賱噩孬孬 兀丨賷丕賳丕 賲賳 亘賯丕賷丕 廿毓氐丕乇 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕 丕賱毓丕鬲賷
丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕 丕賱鬲賷 丨丕賵賱 丕賱丿賰鬲賵乇 禺賵賮賷賳賷丕賱 丕賵乇亘賷賳賵 鬲丨氐賷賳 亘賱丿鬲賴 賲賳賴 亘賳卮乇 丕賱賵毓賷 丕賱氐丨賷貙 廿賳賴 丕賱丿賰鬲賵乇 丕賱兀賴賲 匕賵 丕賱氐賵鬲 丕賱賲爻賲賵毓 亘丕賱亘賱丿 亘毓丿 爻賳賵丕鬲 丕賱禺亘乇丞 丕賱胤賵賷賱丞
賵乇丕卅丨丞 賲丿丕禺賳 丕賱亘丕禺乇丕鬲 丕賱賳賴乇賷丞 丕賱鬲丕亘毓丞 賱賱卮乇賰丞 丕賱賵丨賷丿丞 賵丕锘焚囐� 亘丕賱賲賳胤賯丞貙 卮乇賰丞 丕賱賰丕乇賷亘賷 賱賱賲賱丕丨丞 丕賱賳賴乇賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 賷乇兀爻賴丕 禺賱賮丕 賱毓賲賴 賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賷賳賵 兀乇賷孬丕 亘毓丿 爻賳賵丕鬲 賲賳 丕賱毓賲賱 丕賱賰丕丿丨
賵賲丕 賷乇亘胤 丕賱丿賰鬲賵乇 丕賵乇亘賷賳賵 亘丕賱爻賷丿 丕賱賵賯賵乇 兀乇賷孬丕 爻賵賷 兀賳 丕賱廿孬賳丕賳 兀丨亘丕 廿賲乇兀丞 賵丕丨丿丞...賮賷乇賲賷賳賷丕 丿丕孬丕...賵賱賰賳 賱賴匕丕 賯氐丞 胤賵賷賱丞...賵賱賰賳 丿毓賵賳丕 賳賯爻賲 乇兀賷賳丕 亘丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘丨爻亘 賮氐賵賱賴丕
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丕賱賮氐賱 丕锘焚堎� : 丕賱丨亘 丕賱夭賵噩賷 丕賱賲丐亘丿
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賮賷 賮氐賱 賵丕丨丿 爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賷 丿.禺賵賮賷賳賷丕賱 兀賵乇亘賷賳賵貙 丕賱賰亘賷乇 毓賲乇丕 賵賲賯丕賲丕 爻丕亘賯 丕賱匕賰乇貙 賮賷 氐亘丕丨 賷賵賲 '賳丨爻' 貙 丕賱匕賷 亘丿兀賴 亘夭賷丕乇丞 兀禺賷乇丞 賱氐丿賷賯 賲爻鬲丨丿孬 賱賴 賱賷鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賷 噩孬鬲賴貙 賵賷亘丿賷 兀爻賮賴 賱廿賳鬲丨丕乇賴 賱爻亘亘 睾賷乇 丕賱丨亘
爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賷 鬲賯丿賷爻賴 賱賱丨亘貙 亘丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 兀賳 丨亘賴 賱夭賵噩鬲賴 賮賷乇賲賷賳賷丕 丿丕孬丕 鬲賵胤丿 亘丨賰賲 丕賱毓卮乇丞 丕賱夭賵噩賷丞
亘兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱孬乇孬乇丞 丕賱爻丕丨乇 賷乇賵賷 賱賰 丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 丕賱爻賳賵丕鬲 丕賱兀禺賷乇丞 賮賷 毓賲乇 夭賵丕噩賴賲丕貙 丕賱禺賱丕賮丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 賱丕 賷禺賱賵 賲丕 賷卮亘賴賴丕 賮賷 兀賷 毓氐乇 賵兀賷 亘賷鬲 賮賷 丕賱毓丕賱賲
毓卮賯鬲 匕賱賰 丕賱噩夭亍 噩丿丕貙 乇兀賷鬲 噩賲丕賱 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱夭賵噩賷丞 亘賲卮丕賰賱賴丕 賵賵丕賯毓賷鬲賴丕貙 丨賯丕 賲賳 賯丕賱 兀賳 兀丿亘 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賴丿賮賴 丕賱賲鬲毓丞 賵兀賳 賱賷爻 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞 乇爻丕賱丞...廿匕丕 賱賲 賷睾賷乇 乇兀賷賰 匕賱賰 丕賱賮氐賱 亘鬲丨賲賱 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱夭賵噩賷丞 賮賲丕 賯丿 賷賮毓賱責
爻鬲乇賷 賵賯賵賮 丕賱夭賵噩丞 賲毓 夭賵噩賴丕 賰丿丕毓賲 兀賲丕賲 毓賱丕賲丕鬲 丕賱卮賷禺賵禺丞 丕賱賯丕爻賷丞貙 賰賷賮 賷噩毓賱 賴匕丕 丕賱丨賷丕丞 兀賰孬乇 兀丨鬲賲丕賱丕
賲丕 賴丿賮 兀賷 乇賵丕賷丞 睾賷乇 賲賳丨賰 賲賳馗賵乇 兀噩賲賱 賱賱丨賷丕丞責
'丕賱賱賴 賵丨丿賴 賷毓賱賲 賰賲 兀丨亘亘鬲賰'
賷丕 賱賱賯卮毓乇賷乇丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲爻亘亘賴丕 賱賷 丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 亘賴匕丕 丕賱噩夭亍貙 亘賴匕賴 丕賱噩賲賱丞 丕賱亘爻賷胤丞
賵賷賳鬲賴賷 丕賱賮氐賱 亘氐丿賲丞 賱賷貙 孬賲 亘廿賰鬲卮丕賮 卮禺氐賷丞 噩丿賷丿丞..廿賳賴 賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賷賳賵 兀乇賷孬丕...亘胤賱 丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱孬丕賳賷
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丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱孬丕賳賷 :丕賱丨亘 丕賱賲乇丕賴賯 丕賱亘丕卅爻
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賵爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 賮賷賴 毓賱賷 卮亘丕亘 賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賷賳賵 兀乇賷孬丕貙 丨賷丕鬲賴 賲毓 兀賲賴 丕賱爻賷丿丞 丕賱賯賵賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲毓乇賮 賰賱 卮卅 毓賳 丕賱丨亘 ...賵丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕
賵毓賲賱賴 賮賷 丕賱鬲賱睾乇丕賮 賲毓噩夭丞 賴匕丕 丕賱夭賲丕賳貙 賵賴匕丕 丕賱毓賲賱 亘丕賱鬲賱睾乇丕賮 丕賱匕賷 賷鬲爻亘亘 賮賷 毓卮賯賴 賵兀賮鬲賳賳丕賳賴 丕賱賲乇丕賴賯 亘賮賷乇賲賷賳丕 丿丕孬丕
賵丕賱鬲賷 兀賷囟丕 爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賷賴丕 賮賷 卮亘丕亘賴丕 賵毓賲鬲賴丕 賵 兀亘賷賴丕 丕賱匕賷 噩丕亍 亘賴賲丕 賲賴丕噩乇丕 賲賳 爻丕賳 禺賵丕賳 賴丕乇亘丕 賲賳 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕
爻鬲鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賷 鬲卮丿賷丿 兀亘賵賴丕 丕賱乇賴賷亘 毓賱賷賴丕 丨賷賳 賷毓乇賮 亘兀毓噩丕亘 匕賱賰 丕賱賮鬲賷 丕賱亘丕卅爻 亘賴丕貙 賵賮鬲乇丞 丨亘賴賲丕 丕賱賯氐賷乇丞 亘乇睾賲 賲賳 廿亘鬲毓丕丿賴丕 毓賳賴 亘兀賲乇 兀亘賷賴丕 廿賱賷 亘賱丿丞 兀禺乇賷 賱賮鬲乇丞 賲丕
兀丨賱丕賲 丕賱賲乇丕賴賯丞 賵 卮賯丕賵鬲賴丕 賵 丨賱賲 丕賱亘丨孬 毓賳 丕賱賰賳賵夭 丕賱睾丕乇賯丞 亘亘丨丕乇 丕賱賰丕乇賷亘賷 賲賳匕 賯乇賳 賲囟賷
噩賲丕賱 賵氐賮 丕賱丨賷丕丞 亘鬲賱賰 丕賱賲賳胤賯丞 丕賱賰丕乇賷亘賷丞 亘乇毓 亘賴丕 丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 賰毓丕丿鬲賴貙 賵賲夭噩 丕锘坟池ж焚娯� 亘丕賱賵丕賯毓貙 賵卮乇丨賴 丕賱賲鬲賯賳 賱丨亘 丕賱賲乇丕賴賯丞 丕賱賲鬲賯賱亘 賰丕賳 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 賲賲鬲丕夭 亘賴匕丕 丕賱賮氐賱
'乇亘丕賴 貙 賷丕賱賱乇噩賱 丕賱亘丕卅爻!'
鬲賳鬲賴賷 亘賴匕賴 丕賱爻賴賵賱丞 ,亘鬲賯賱亘 丨亘 丕賱賲乇丕賴賯丞 賯氐丞 丨亘 賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賷賳賵 兀乇賷孬丕 丕賱賲乇丕賴賯 丕賱鬲賷 賰丕賳鬲 兀毓乇丕囟賴丕 兀卮亘賴 亘丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕 ...賵賱賰賳 賲賳 賯丕賱 兀賳賴 卮賮賷 賲賳賴丕 賱賱兀亘丿責
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丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱孬丕賱孬 : 丕賱丨亘 丕賱兀乇爻鬲賯乇丕胤賷 丕賱賳丕囟噩
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丨賷孬 鬲鬲丕亘毓 毓賵丿丞 丿賰鬲賵乇 禺賵賮賷賳丕賱 丕賵乇亘賷賳賵 丕賱卮丕亘 匕賵 丕锘坟蒂� 丕賱丕乇爻鬲賯乇丕胤賷 廿賱賷 賲賵胤賳賴 丕賱賰丕乇賷亘賷 亘毓丿 丿乇丕爻鬲賴 丕賱胤亘 賮賷 亘丕乇賷爻...賱賲丕匕丕 毓丕丿責 锘焚嗁� 爻賯胤 賮賷 兀丨丕亘賷賱 丕賱丨賳賷賳 丕賱禺丕丿毓丞貙 賮賯丿 賰丕賳 卮丕亘丕 賱丕 賷毓乇賮 兀賳 匕丕賰乇丞 丕賱賯賱亘 鬲賲丨賵 賰賱 丕賱匕賰乇賷丕鬲 丕賱爻賷卅丞 賵鬲囟禺賲 丕賱匕賰乇賷丕鬲 丕賱胤賷亘丞..毓丕丿 賱賱賵丕賯毓 丕賱睾丕乇賯 賮賷 丕锘焚囐呚з� 丕賱氐丨賷 丕賱乇賴賷亘貙 毓丕丿 賮丕鬲丨丕 氐丿乇賴 賰兀亘賷賴 賱賲賲丕乇爻丞 丕賱胤亘 賵賲賵丕噩賴丞 兀爻亘丕亘 鬲賮卮賷 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕貙 賵賱賰賳 賮賷 賲賵胤賳賴
賵賱兀爻賲 毓丕卅賱鬲賴貙 賵鬲賮賵賯賴 氐丕乇 賱賴 氐賵鬲丕 賲爻賲賵毓丕 賮賷 丕賱亘賱丿..禺丕氐丕 亘毓丿 兀氐賱丕丨丕鬲賴 丕賱氐丨賷丞 賱賲賵丕噩賴丞 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕
賵賳鬲賷噩丞 鬲卮禺賷氐 禺丕胤卅 賱賱賰賵賱賷乇丕 賯丕亘賱 賯丿乇賴...丕賱鬲賷 鬲毓賱賯 亘賴丕 賯賱亘賴 賵馗賱 賯賱亘賴丕 毓氐賷丕 貙 賮賷乇賲賷賳賷丕 丿丕孬丕
賮賷乇賲賷賳賷丕 丿丕孬丕 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賮丕噩兀 亘鬲睾賷乇 乇丿賵丿 丕賱兀賮毓丕賱 丨賷丕賱 丨亘 賴匕丕 丕賱丿賰鬲賵乇 賱賴丕 賲賳 賰賱 賲賳 丨賵賱賴丕 亘丕锘坟� 丕賱匕賷賳 乇賮囟賵丕 賯亘賱丕 丨亘 賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賷賳賵 兀乇賷孬丕 賱賴丕 ... 丨鬲賷 鬲賵丕賮賯 毓賱賷 丕賱夭賵丕噩 兀禺賷乇丕 賲賳賴 亘毓丿 賲丨丕賵賱丕鬲賴 賵賰賱 賲賳 丨賵賱賴丕 锘焚傎嗀ж官囏�
賰賱 賲賳 丨賵賱賴丕 兀賯賳毓賵賴丕 亘丕賱胤亘毓 毓丿丕 賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賷賳賵 兀乇賷孬丕..丕賱匕賷 賯乇乇 丕賱賴乇亘 賲賳 丕賱亘賱丿丞 賰賱賴丕 賱賷丨丕賵賱 賳爻賷丕賳賴丕 亘丨噩丞 鬲毓賱賲 丕賱鬲賱睾乇丕賮貙 賵賷乇賰亘 丕賱爻賮賷賳丞 丕賱亘禺丕乇賷丞 锘焚堎� 賲乇丞 丕賱鬲丕亘毓丞 賱卮乇賰丞 毓賲賴 貙 卮乇賰丞 丕賱賰丕乇賷亘賷 賱賱賲賱丕丨丞 丕賱賳賴乇賷丞
賵兀孬賳丕亍 爻賮乇賴 賷氐丕亘 亘丨賲賷 丕賱丨亘 賲乇丞 兀禺乇賷 毓賳丿賲丕 賷賮賰乇 兀賳 賴匕丕 賳賮爻 賷賵賲 夭賵丕噩 丨亘賷亘鬲賴 丕賱賵丨賷丿丞...賳賮爻 丕賱丨賲賷 丕賱鬲賷 兀氐賷亘 亘賴丕 賯亘賱丕貙 丨賲賷 鬲卮亘賴 丨賲賷 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕...賵賱賰賳賴丕 賱賲 鬲賱夭賲 丕賱亘丕禺乇丞 亘廿毓賱丕賳 賵噩賵丿 乇丕賰亘 賲氐丕亘 亘丨賲賷 丕賱丨亘 賰毓丕丿鬲賴丕 毓賳丿 兀氐丕亘丞 乇丕賰亘 亘丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕 毓賳 胤乇賷賯 乇賮毓 乇丕賷丞 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕 丕賱氐賮乇丕亍 丕賱賰卅賷亘丞
亘丿賷毓 賴匕丕 丕賱賮氐賱 賮賷 賵氐賮 丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 賱鬲賱賰 丕賱乇丨賱丞 丕賱賳賴乇賷丞 亘丕锘焚呚ж操堎� 亘賷賳 噩夭乇 丕賱賰丕乇賷亘賷 , 爻鬲卮毓乇 賰賲丕 賱賵 兀賳賰 賲毓 賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賷賳賵 兀乇賷孬丕 毓賱賷 賲鬲賳 丕賱爻賮賷賳丞 賵鬲乇賷 賲丕賷乇丕賴 賲賳 賮丕亘丕鬲 禺賱丕亘丞
賵爻鬲卮毓乇 亘噩賲丕賱賴丕 兀賰孬乇 丨賷賳 鬲乇賷 丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱兀禺賷乇 賳賮爻 丕賱乇丨賱丞 亘兀禺鬲賱丕賮 賲乇賵乇 丕賱夭賲賳 貙 賵兀孬丕乇賴 丕賱賯丕爻賷丞 賵乇爻丕賱丞 丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 賲賳 賰賱 鬲賱賰 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞
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丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱乇丕亘毓 : 丕賱丨亘 丕賱亘賵賴賷賲賷貙 賵丨亘 丕賱亘丕匕賳噩丕賳
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賴賳丕 賳鬲丕亘毓 賲睾丕賲乇丕鬲 賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賷賳賵 兀乇賷孬丕 丕賱亘賵賴賷賲賷丞 貙 賵丕賱鬲賷 賱噩兀 賱賴丕 賰毓賱丕噩 賱賱賰賵賱賷乇丕貙 毓匕乇丕 貙 賰毓賱丕噩 兀賵 亘丕锘坟� 賲爻賰賳丕 锘焚勜з� 鬲毓賱賯賴 亘賮賷乇賲賷賳丕 丿丕孬丕
丨賷孬 賯乇乇 丕賱毓賵丿丞 賱亘賱丿鬲賴 賵賲丨丕賵賱丞 兀賳 賷賰賵賳 匕賵 卮兀賳 賮賯胤 賱賷賱賷賯 亘賴丕 亘毓丿 毓賲乇 胤賵賷賱貙 亘毓丿 賲賵鬲 夭賵噩賴丕...賮亘丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 夭賵丕噩賴丕 賮賴賵 賱賲 賷賮賯丿 丕锘焚呝� 亘毓丿
賵賱賰賳 丨丕丿孬 賮賯丿 毓匕乇賷鬲賴 賮賷 丕賱爻賮賷賳丞 亘丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱爻丕亘賯 毓賱賷 賷丿 廿賲乇兀丞 賲噩賴賵賱丞 鬲丨賵賱 丕锘焚呚� 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賴 賰毓丕丿丞 貙 亘丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 卮毓賵乇賴 兀賳賴 亘匕賱賰 賷禺賵賳 賮賷乇賲賷賳賷丕 丿丕孬丕
賵賮賷 賳賮爻 丕賱賵賯鬲 賳鬲丕亘毓 鬲兀賯賱賲 賮賷乇賲賷賳丕 丿丕孬丕 賲毓 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 丕賱夭賵噩賷丞貙賵丨賲丕鬲賴丕 賮賷 鬲兀賯賱賲 賵氐賱 賱丨亘 丕賱亘丕匕賳噩丕賳
賵廿匕丕 賰丕賳 賴賳丕賰 賲丕 賷毓匕亘賴丕 賮賴賵 丕賱丨賰賲 丕賱賲丐亘丿 丕賱賲賮乇賵囟 毓賱賷賴丕 亘鬲丨囟賷乇 丕賱胤毓丕賲 丕賱賷賵賲賷, 廿匕 賱賲 賷賰賳 丕賱兀賲乇 賷鬲賵賯賮 毓賳丿 廿毓丿丕丿 丕賱胤毓丕賲 賮賷 丕賱賲賵毓丿 丕賱賲丨丿丿 , 亘賱 賱丕亘丿 兀賳 賷賰賵賳 賰匕賱賰 賲鬲賯賳丕, 賵兀賳 賷丨鬲賵賷 毓賱賷 賲丕 賷乇賷丿 丕賱夭賵噩 兀賰賱賴 丿賵賳 兀賳 鬲爻兀賱賴 毓賲丕 賷乇賷丿 賵兀匕丕 賲丕 爻兀賱鬲賴 賷賵賲丕, 賮廿賳 爻丐丕賱賴丕 爻賷賰賵賳 胤賯爻丕 兀禺乇 賷囟丕賮 廿賱賷 胤賯賵爻 丕賱乇賵鬲賷賳 丕賱亘賷鬲賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 賱丕 胤丕卅賱 賲賳賴丕 , 賱兀賳賴 爻賷乇丿 毓賱賷賴丕 丿賵賳 兀賳 賷乇賮毓 賳馗乇賴 毓賳 丕賱噩乇賷丿丞 "兀賷 卮卅" . 賵丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 兀賳賴 賰丕賳 賷賯賵賱 匕賱賰 亘胤乇賷賯鬲賴 丕賱賱胤賷賮丞 賱兀賳賴 賲丕 賰丕賳 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳 賷鬲氐賵乇 賱賳賮爻賴 賰夭賵噩 兀賯賱 丕爻鬲亘丿丕丿賷丞, 賱賰賳賴 丨賷賳 賷噩賱爻 廿賱賷 丕賱賲丕卅丿丞 賱丕 賷賯亘賱 兀賷 卮卅
乇亘賲丕 兀賰孬乇 賲丕 兀毓噩亘賳賷 亘賴匕丕 丕賱噩夭亍 賴賵 孬乇孬乇丞 丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 毓賳 丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丕賱噩賲賷賱丞 賱賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱夭賵噩賷丞 亘賷賳 禺賵賮賷賳丕賱 丕賵乇亘賷賳賵 賵 賮賷乇賲賷賳賷丕 丿丕孬丕 亘禺賱丕賮丕鬲賴丕 丕賱鬲賷 賱丕 鬲禺鬲賱賮 賮賷 兀賷 賲賰丕賳 亘丕賱毓丕賱賲 賵兀賷 毓氐乇 亘胤乇賷賯丞 賵丕賯毓賷丞貙 賱丕 兀丿乇賷 賮毓賱丕 賰賷賮 噩毓賱賳賷 賴匕丕 丕賱噩夭亍 兀卮毓乇 亘賯乇亘 賲丕乇賰賷夭 賲賳賷 賵賰兀賳賴 賮毓賱丕 噩丕賱爻丕 賲毓賷 賷丨賰賷 鬲賱賰 丕賱丨賰丕賷丞 亘乇亘胤賴 賱鬲賱賰 丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丕賱氐睾賷乇丞 丨鬲賷 賵氐賱 賱噩夭亍 丕賱亘丕匕賳噩丕賳貙 賵賲睾夭丕賴 賮賷 鬲賱賰 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞
亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賷 賴匕丕 丕賱賮氐賱 賷毓賷亘賴 賰孬乇丞 丕賱噩賳爻 亘賴 毓賳 兀賷 賮氐賱 兀禺乇 .. 賵賱賰賳 賴賳丕賰 卮賷卅丕 賲丕 賮賷 兀爻賱賵亘 丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 賷噩毓賱賰 鬲卮毓乇 亘毓丿賲 賮噩丕噩鬲賴 乇睾賲 亘賵賴賷賲鬲賴 丕賱賲賮乇胤丞貙 賱匕賱賰 賱賲 兀賳賯氐 丕賱鬲賯賷賷賲 賰孬賷乇丕貙 賵賱賰賳 賵噩亘 丕锘坟簇ж必� 丨賷孬 賱丕 賷賲賰賳 鬲噩賳亘 丕賱賮氐賱 賱兀賳 亘賴 兀賷囟丕 睾賷乇 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱亘賵賴賷賲賷 賰賷賮賷丞 賵氐賵賱 賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賷賳賵 兀乇賷孬丕 賱賲賳氐亘賴 賰氐丕丨亘 卮乇賰丞 丕賱賰丕乇賷亘賷 賱賱賲賱丕丨丞 丕賱賳賴乇賷丞 貙 賵丨亘賴 丕賱禺丕賱丿 乇睾賲 賰賱 卮卅
賵乇亘賲丕 兀噩賲賱 賲丕 亘丕賱賮氐賱 賴賷 鬲賱賰 丕賱賮鬲乇丞 丕賱鬲賷 賯囟丕賴丕 賷賰鬲亘 乇爻丕卅賱 丕賱毓卮賯 賱賱毓丕卮賯賷賳 亘丿賵賳 賲賯丕亘賱貙 賵丕賱鬲兀孬乇 亘賯氐丞 賵賮丕丞 兀賲賴..鬲賱賰 丕賱爻賷丿丞 丕賱賯賵賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 毓乇賮鬲 丕賱丨亘 賵賱賰賳賴丕, 丕賱賲爻賰賷賳丞 , 禺賱胤鬲 匕丕賰乇鬲賴丕 亘賷賳 丕賱丨亘 賵亘賷賳 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕 賮賷 爻賳賵丕鬲 卮賷禺賵禺鬲賴丕
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丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱禺丕賲爻 : 丕賱丨亘 賵 丕賱夭賲賳
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賴匕丕 丕賱噩夭亍 賯丿 賷毓鬲亘乇 賳賴丕賷丞 噩夭亍 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱爻丕亘賯丞 賱賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱賮氐賱 丕賱兀賵賱 賵丕賱鬲賷 鬲毓亘乇 毓賳 丕賱丨丕囟乇 丨賷孬 兀賳 亘丕賯賷 丕賱賮氐賵賱 賴賷 賮賱丕卮 亘丕賰 丕賵 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 丕賱爻丕亘賯丞 賱賱賮氐賱 丕賱兀賵賱貙 丨鬲賷 鬲氐賱 賱賳賴丕賷鬲賴 賲乇丞 兀禺乇賷 亘賳賴丕賷丞 賴匕丕 丕賱賮氐賱..兀賷 鬲氐賱 賱賱賵賯鬲 丕賱丨丕囟乇
爻鬲噩丿 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱禺賵賮賷賳丕賱 丕賵乇亘賷賳賵 賵 賮賷乇賲賷賳賷丕 丿丕孬丕 賰賷賮 鬲丨賵賱 夭賵丕噩賴賲 賵賯丕賵賲 賰賱 丕賱賲卮丕賰賱 丨鬲賷 賵氐賱 賱賱丨丕囟乇..丨鬲賷 賵氐賱 賱鬲賱賰 丕賱噩賲賱丞 丕賱噩賲賷賱丞
'丕賱賱賴 賵丨丿賴 賷毓賱賲 賰賲 兀丨亘亘鬲賰'
賵賰賷賮 賵氐賱 賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賷賳賵 兀乇賷孬丕 賱賲賰丕賳鬲賴 貙 賵睾乇丕賲賷丕鬲賴 賵賲毓 匕賱賰 賲鬲卮亘孬丕 亘兀賲賱 毓賵丿鬲賴 賱賮賷乇賲賷賳賷丕 丿丕孬丕
賵賰賷賮 賷賲乇 丕賱夭賲賳 鬲丕乇賰丕 兀孬丕乇賴 毓賱賷賳丕....丕賱鬲賷賲丞 丕賱乇卅賷爻賷丞 賱賱乇賵丕賷丞
廿匕 兀賳賴 賱賲 賷鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賷 賯爻賵丞 丕賱夭賲賳 賲賳 禺賱丕賱 賲馗賴乇賴 賴賵 亘丕賱匕丕鬲 亘賯丿乇 賲丕 鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賷賴 賲賳 丕賱鬲亘丿賱丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 賷賱丕丨馗賴丕 毓賱賷 賮賷乇賲賷賳丕 丿丕孬丕 賰賱賲丕 乇丌賴丕
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賰丕賳 睾丕乇賯丕 賮賷 賯乇丕亍丞
L'脦le des Pingouins
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賵賱賰賳賴 賷馗賱 賲賳 兀噩夭丕卅賷 丕賱賲賮囟賱丞 亘丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱賵氐賮賴 丕賱賲禺丕賵賮 丕賱鬲賷 賷卮毓乇 亘賴丕 丕賱賲乇亍 亘爻亘亘 賲乇賵乇 丕賱夭賲賳..丕賱夭賲賳 賵毓賱丕賲丕鬲賴 丕賱賯丕爻賷丞...兀賲乇 亘乇毓 丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 賵氐賮賴 賴賳丕 賰賲丕 賮賷 賲丕卅丞 毓丕賲 賲賳 丕賱毓夭賱丞 ....亘丕锘坟� 賰賲丕 賷卮毓乇 亘賴 賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賷賳賵 兀乇賷孬丕 賲賳 賲乇丕丨賱 賰亘乇賴 賮賷 丕賱爻賳 賲賳 氐賱毓 賵賮賯丿 兀爻賳丕賳
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丕賱賮氐賱 丕锘坟娯� : 丕賱丨亘 賮賷 夭賲賳 丕賱卮賷禺賵禺丞...丕賱丨亘 賮賷 夭賲賳 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕
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亘乇睾賲 丕賱夭賲賳 賵賯爻賵丞 賲乇賵乇賴
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廿賳賴 丕賱丨亘 丕賱匕賷 賷噩丿丿 丕賱丨賷丕丞
賵賷賴夭賲 丕賱夭賲賳 貙 丨鬲賷 賱賵 賰丕賳 夭賲賳 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕
賱賷爻鬲 賱賵賳賷 丕賱賲賮囟賱 賲賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丕鬲貙 锘焚嗁� 賱兀毓鬲賯丿 兀賳賴 賲賳 丕賱氐毓亘 兀賳 賷賯賳毓賳賷 乇賵丕卅賷 兀禺乇 亘丕賱丨亘 賲孬賱賲丕 賮毓賱 丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 噩丕亘乇賷賱 噩丕乇爻賷丕
賲丨賲丿 丕賱毓乇亘賷
賲賳 10 賮亘乇丕賷乇 2015
廿賱賷 14 賮亘乇丕賷乇 2015
賲賱丕丨馗丞 毓賱賷 噩賳亘
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賯丕賱 賱賴 丕賱賲賳鬲噩 毓亘丕乇丞 賰丕賳鬲 爻亘亘丕 賮賷 兀賯賳丕毓 丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 賱賱賲賵丕賮賯丞 毓賱賷 丕賱賮賷賱賲貙... 賯丕賱 賱賴 兀賳賴 賷毓鬲亘乇 賳賮爻賴 賮賱賵乇賷賳鬲賷賳賵 兀乇賷孬丕 賵鬲賱賰 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賴賷 賮賷乇賲賷賳賷丕 丿丕孬丕 亘丕賱賳爻亘賴 賱賴貙 賵賱賳 賷鬲賳丕夭賱 毓賳 丨賱賲賴 亘鬲丨賵賷賱賴丕 賱賮賷賱賲 賵賱賵 賱賵丕丨丿 賵禺賲爻賷賳 毓丕賲丕
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賵兀賳 鬲囟丕賷賯鬲 賱丨匕賮 噩夭亍 睾丕亘丕鬲 丕賱賰丕乇賷亘賷 亘丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賵賲賵賯賮 丕賱賰丕亘鬲賳 毓賳 丕賱氐賷丿 丕賱匕賷 兀毓噩亘賳賷 亘賯賵丞 亘丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘丕賱乇睾賲 賲賳 氐睾乇 丕賱丿賵乇 賵賱賰賳 丕賱鬲氐賵賷乇 毓丕賲丕 亘丕賱賮賷賱賲 賲賲鬲丕夭 -亘丕賱胤亘毓 賷毓賷亘賴 賮丨爻亘 卮卅 賲賳 丕賱毓乇賷 亘丕賱兀丨丿丕孬
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賱丕 鬲賳爻 兀匕丕 兀毓噩亘賰 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賷噩亘 賯乇丕亍丞 乇賵丕賷鬲賴 丕賱兀禺乇賷 毓賳 丕賱夭賲賳
賵廿賳 賰丕賳鬲 賲禺鬲賱賮丞 鬲賲丕賲丕
賲丕 丕賱匕賷 賰賳鬲 鬲賳鬲馗乇賴責- 鬲賳賴丿鬲 兀賵乇爻賵賱丕, 賵兀囟丕賮鬲 :- 廿賳 丕賱賭賭夭賲賭賭賭賳 賷賭賲賭囟賭賷
賲賳 乇賷賮賷賵 賲丕卅丞 毓丕賲 賲賳 丕賱毓夭賱丞
February 17, 2025
De c卯nd cu opinile medicilor, neurologilor 葯i psihologilor de orientare analitic膬, toat膬 lumea crede c膬 iubirea dureaz膬 (cel mult) 3 (trei) ani. C卯nd dureaz膬 4, e vorba de o psihoz膬 葯i pacientul trebuie internat 卯ntr-un azil.
葮i totu葯i Florentino Ariza (un individ cam ridicol 葯i cam rigid, dar simpatic) o iube葯te (葯i o a葯teapt膬) pe numita Fermina Daza vreme de 鈥瀋incizeci 艧i unu de ani, nou膬 luni, patru zile, 葯ase ore, dou膬zeci 葯i 葯apte de minute 葯i 32 de secunde鈥�.
脦ntr-o recenzie din 1988, Thomas Pynchon afirm膬 c膬 ac葲iunea romanului se petrece cam din 1880 p卯n膬 卯n 1930. Deci, Florentino se 卯ndr膬goste葯te 卯n preajma anului 1880 (mai precis, cu c卯葲iva ani 卯nainte) 葯i nu se opre葯te din iubit nici 卯n 1930, c卯nd Fermina r膬m卯ne v膬duv膬, infirm卯nd astfel, prin sentimentul lui peren, toate previziunile medicilor. El are 76 de ani, ea 72, exact v卯rsta potrivit膬 pentru o aventur膬 s膬lbatic膬, decisiv膬. Iubirea lui e un fenomen incredibil (o monomanie), cum numai 卯n pove葯tile cu z卯ne 葯i 卯n romanele lui M谩rquez e cu putin葲膬:
Romanul e interesant din cu totul ast膬 pricin膬. Trebuie citit lent, fiecare propozi葲ie ascunde o surpriz膬 葯i e bine s膬 te bucuri de ea. Criticii de la Kirkus Review tocmai asta i-au repro葯at prozatorului: c膬 葯i-a construit frazele cu mai mult膬 aten葲ie dec卯t capitolele. Romanul ar fi precar tocmai sub aspectul construc葲iei epice. Nu mi s-a p膬rut. Construc葲ia e dup膬 modelul clasic, firul narativ se rupe destul de rar. 脦n fond, e vorba de ni葯te biografii nu neap膬rat spectaculoase, dar suficient de interesante ca s膬-葲i continui lectura. Stilul, 卯n schimb, e meseria葯. Prozatorul e st膬p卯n pe arta lui. Nu am 卯nt卯lnit fraze de umplutur膬, cei de la Kirkus Review au exagerat.
Dar am 卯nt卯lnit, 卯n traducerea rom芒neasc膬, fire葯te, sintagme 葯i enun葲uri care ar merita studiate de orice t卯n膬r debutant interesat de secretele artei scrisului: 鈥瀝卯sul libertin al papagalului鈥�, 鈥瀘chi livizi鈥�, 鈥瀝膬bdare mineral膬鈥�, 鈥瀙iele str膬vezie, ca de parafin膬鈥�, 鈥炄沬p膬tul sordid al p膬s膬rilor鈥�, 鈥瀘 femeie cu pleoape portugheze, care o fac 葯i mai distant膬鈥�, 鈥瀖ireasma sibilinic膬 a gardeniilor鈥� etc.
Dac膬 vrei s膬 c卯葯tigi premiul Nobel 葯i s膬 ai parte de o binemeritat膬 glorie postum膬, e bine s膬 parcurgi foarte lent acest roman.
葮i totu葯i Florentino Ariza (un individ cam ridicol 葯i cam rigid, dar simpatic) o iube葯te (葯i o a葯teapt膬) pe numita Fermina Daza vreme de 鈥瀋incizeci 艧i unu de ani, nou膬 luni, patru zile, 葯ase ore, dou膬zeci 葯i 葯apte de minute 葯i 32 de secunde鈥�.
脦ntr-o recenzie din 1988, Thomas Pynchon afirm膬 c膬 ac葲iunea romanului se petrece cam din 1880 p卯n膬 卯n 1930. Deci, Florentino se 卯ndr膬goste葯te 卯n preajma anului 1880 (mai precis, cu c卯葲iva ani 卯nainte) 葯i nu se opre葯te din iubit nici 卯n 1930, c卯nd Fermina r膬m卯ne v膬duv膬, infirm卯nd astfel, prin sentimentul lui peren, toate previziunile medicilor. El are 76 de ani, ea 72, exact v卯rsta potrivit膬 pentru o aventur膬 s膬lbatic膬, decisiv膬. Iubirea lui e un fenomen incredibil (o monomanie), cum numai 卯n pove葯tile cu z卯ne 葯i 卯n romanele lui M谩rquez e cu putin葲膬:
[Florentino] 鈥瀗u 卯ncetase nici m膬car o singur膬 clip膬 s膬 se g卯ndeasc膬 la ea, de c卯nd Fermina Daza 卯l respinsese f膬r膬 drept de apel, dup膬 o iubire lung膬 艧i zbuciumat膬... N-a fost nevoie s膬 牛in膬 socoteala uit膬rii, tr膬g卯nd zilnic c卯te o linie pe zidurile vreunei carcere, pentru c膬 nu trecea nici m膬car o zi f膬r膬 ca ceva s膬 nu-i aminteasc膬 de ea鈥�.
Romanul e interesant din cu totul ast膬 pricin膬. Trebuie citit lent, fiecare propozi葲ie ascunde o surpriz膬 葯i e bine s膬 te bucuri de ea. Criticii de la Kirkus Review tocmai asta i-au repro葯at prozatorului: c膬 葯i-a construit frazele cu mai mult膬 aten葲ie dec卯t capitolele. Romanul ar fi precar tocmai sub aspectul construc葲iei epice. Nu mi s-a p膬rut. Construc葲ia e dup膬 modelul clasic, firul narativ se rupe destul de rar. 脦n fond, e vorba de ni葯te biografii nu neap膬rat spectaculoase, dar suficient de interesante ca s膬-葲i continui lectura. Stilul, 卯n schimb, e meseria葯. Prozatorul e st膬p卯n pe arta lui. Nu am 卯nt卯lnit fraze de umplutur膬, cei de la Kirkus Review au exagerat.
Dar am 卯nt卯lnit, 卯n traducerea rom芒neasc膬, fire葯te, sintagme 葯i enun葲uri care ar merita studiate de orice t卯n膬r debutant interesat de secretele artei scrisului: 鈥瀝卯sul libertin al papagalului鈥�, 鈥瀘chi livizi鈥�, 鈥瀝膬bdare mineral膬鈥�, 鈥瀙iele str膬vezie, ca de parafin膬鈥�, 鈥炄沬p膬tul sordid al p膬s膬rilor鈥�, 鈥瀘 femeie cu pleoape portugheze, care o fac 葯i mai distant膬鈥�, 鈥瀖ireasma sibilinic膬 a gardeniilor鈥� etc.
Dac膬 vrei s膬 c卯葯tigi premiul Nobel 葯i s膬 ai parte de o binemeritat膬 glorie postum膬, e bine s膬 parcurgi foarte lent acest roman.
May 21, 2020
Una de las m谩s grandes historias de amor jam谩s contada.
Una de las mejor contadas historias de amor jam谩s vivida.
Una de las mejor contadas historias de amor jam谩s vivida.
January 27, 2021
Hac铆a tiempo que no le铆a un libro con tanta calma, disfrutando de cada p谩gina, deteni茅ndome con cada peque帽a historia y personaje.
Ambientado en el Caribe a finales del siglo XIX, vamos a seguir durante m谩s de 60 a帽os la vida de Fermina Daza y Florentino Ariza, de sus conocidos, amigos, familiares y por supuesto, de sus amores contrariados.
Es la historia de una obsesi贸n, la historia de un tiempo extra帽o y m谩gico y del amor en todas sus formas.
He amado mucho a Fermina Daza (MARAVILLOSA) y he sentido horror con Florentino Ariza (una y otra vez), y de todas maneras creo que ambos son grand铆simos personajes, complejos, reales, e hijos de su tiempo.
Y es que esta es una historia de personajes, no hay m谩s. Y Garc铆a Marquez te lleva por donde quiere y como quiere, te muestra la vida de infinidad de personas y a trav茅s de ellos te habla de la 茅poca, las costumbres, la guerra, la enfermedad, la muerte... pero tambi茅n de c贸mo el amor sobreviv铆a en cada rinc贸n.
Un libro que aunque al principio me cost贸 un poquito, he terminado disfrutando enormemente, siento que ya echo de menos a estos personajes...
***Probablemente se haya convertido ya en uno de mis libros preferidos de Garc铆a M谩rquez (aunque me cuesta elegir).
Ambientado en el Caribe a finales del siglo XIX, vamos a seguir durante m谩s de 60 a帽os la vida de Fermina Daza y Florentino Ariza, de sus conocidos, amigos, familiares y por supuesto, de sus amores contrariados.
Es la historia de una obsesi贸n, la historia de un tiempo extra帽o y m谩gico y del amor en todas sus formas.
He amado mucho a Fermina Daza (MARAVILLOSA) y he sentido horror con Florentino Ariza (una y otra vez), y de todas maneras creo que ambos son grand铆simos personajes, complejos, reales, e hijos de su tiempo.
Y es que esta es una historia de personajes, no hay m谩s. Y Garc铆a Marquez te lleva por donde quiere y como quiere, te muestra la vida de infinidad de personas y a trav茅s de ellos te habla de la 茅poca, las costumbres, la guerra, la enfermedad, la muerte... pero tambi茅n de c贸mo el amor sobreviv铆a en cada rinc贸n.
Un libro que aunque al principio me cost贸 un poquito, he terminado disfrutando enormemente, siento que ya echo de menos a estos personajes...
***Probablemente se haya convertido ya en uno de mis libros preferidos de Garc铆a M谩rquez (aunque me cuesta elegir).
August 25, 2023
鈥�The only regret I will have in dying is if it is not for love.鈥�
For fifty-one years, nine months and four days, Florentino Ariza pines for Fermina Daza in Gabriel Garcia Marquez鈥檚 Love in the Time of Cholera, a sweeping epic of love, plagues, and an awareness we are all marching towards death. Though known for his expertise in magical realism, here Marquez opts for a more direct approach in realism, chronicling the many years of unrequited love and allowing the magic of everyday reality to be its own fantastical journey through life. This is easily achieved by Marquez, a writer with prose of such intense beauty and a gift for commanding complex plots in an engaging manner. The book is dense, but in the way a diamond is dense, the prose compounding insights and observations through each perfectly written sentence (though it can be a bit of a slog at times). What results is that, in a book about both love and illness, we find love to appear as illness itself, with Florentino seeming to take pleasure in his own suffering. Marquez creates a very Humbert Humbert-esque character from him, with his reprehensible actions not condemned through the narration and allowing for a dynamic look at obsession in love as well as the impetus behind perseverance.
Something I enjoy with Marquez is how surprising his books can be. The novel begins with Dr. Juvenal Urbino, who we quickly learn dies, though much of the beginning of this book surrounds his relationship with his wife, Fermina. It鈥檚 the subversion of expectations of narrative that make this book quite fun, although it is lacking in the overt humor that we find in most of his works. Though with the Doctor we are thrust into a major theme of the book: the inevitability of death.
We see the doctor finding his body and mind becoming strangers to one another and throughout the novel, one dealing with cholera, we are constantly aware everyone has an expiration date.
鈥�She knew that he loved her above all else, more than anything in the world, but only for his own sake.鈥�
This is key for Florentino, as he suffers in love for Fermina as he ages. The ending, which is beautiful, becomes both a revisit of young love as well as a reversal, with the act of lovemaking focusing on their aging bodies as they attempt to sail off into a reclamation of eternal youth. It is as if in his self-imposed suffering he finds himself most alive, and鈥攕uch as when he is jailed for serenading Fermina鈥攔eveling in his impression of himself as a martyr. Marquez excels at symbolism and imagery, with flowers being the most profound of them in this novel, and there is no better metaphor for Florentino鈥檚 self-martyring behavior than when he devours the flowers that remind him of Fermina only to become violently ill.
鈥�There is no greater glory than to die for love,鈥� thinks Florentino, but what is love to him. He posits love making as the ultimate act of love, yet despite a lifetime of constant sex with other women, still tells Fermina he is a virgin. On the surface, this is a lie he tells her to impress her, but to him this is his truth: the acts of sex meant nothing because only sex with her would count as love. This novel often seems to be read as one of great love, but I found it to be just the opposite, showing how vulgar much of our socially accepted impressions of love to be. His obsession is less endearing and more an act of control: he wants her for himself and when she was taken from him in their youth he feels he must reclaim the control he had. Even Fermina tells Florentino that they are strangers to one another. Much of Florentino鈥檚 love for Fermina is less love of her and love of his idea of her.
Over time, each character seems to reveal themselves as corrupt. Florentino is a charming character to read about, but he is quite despicable. There is certainly a -like element to this book in that way. He is a womanizer (Marquez makes some sweeping generalizations about women and their 鈥渨ays鈥� here that are鈥ot great) and even leads some of them to their death. With one, he writes that she belongs to him on her body, which causes the woman鈥檚 husband to slit her throat. But most despicable is the grooming of Am茅rica Vicu帽a, a 14 year old girl he forces into a marriage with when he is 70. The metaphor is certainly there, the idea of his ravaging and destruction of her (aptly named America) fitting into the theme of cholera, a disease coming from Europe, ravaging the Americas as well as all the other elements of European colonialism over the Americas that embed themselves into the book, but maybe the rape and grooming of a 14 year old girl doesn鈥檛 need to be the way we blithely go about this in books? It鈥檚 a 鈥測es I get it鈥� but also can still be problematic. It is revealing of Florentino, however, as he is more relieved that he is not implicated in her death than he is grieving for her loss.
However, Marquez is masterful with complex characters and this book is quite the adventure in character development. While it is easy as a bystander to condemn Florentino for many of his actions and question if he truly loves Fermina, there is a lot of internal conflict going on that unveils his motives. Early on he is sexually assaulted by a woman and he is unable to determine which woman it was. There is a bit of a sense to the "hurt people hurt other people" idea, which doesn't condone him but does give an idea into how his behavior is a reaction to that coupled with the loss of Fermina.
I find Fermina to be the more interesting characters here as well. Her life is tragic and often dictated by the whims of men (such as her father, who forces her to break off contact with Florentino) but is also regarded much like an object by them. However, and possibly as a reaction to it, she can be very headstrong. She refuses to forgive her husband until he submits to her wishes, and is against the feeling of guilt, something likely due to how impressionable she was as a child and not wanting to feel vulnerable.
I find it amusing, too, that what she enjoys in Florentino at the end is the ways in which he reminds her of her former husband and that 鈥�the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability,鈥� enjoying the consistent moments instead of the sweeping joy that Florentino seems focused on. She is the realist whereas Florentino seems the idealist, who, in his grand quest for great love and martyring himself for its cause, commits despicable acts and glosses over them. In fact, much of her realization in adulthood had been that Florentino's charm had been an idealization of him and his promises. The love of the idea of him, which, as we see, goes both ways. It isn't until late in life they can remove all of this and be at peace with their feelings for each other. For Florentino, it was fulfillment for his years of struggles and the climax to his 622 relations, for Fermina it is companionship in the waning years of life.
Overall, this is a fine book with a lot of great writing and wonderful character development, but it never quite hit me the way his other works have. But wow can Marquez write. I suppose much of it is that tales of obsessive love strike me as more problematic than they would have when I was younger, though I did enjoy the way Marquez makes this almost a subversive reading of that. Yet he also dives into their characters to make this much more than simply a story about love but about why we feel, act, and most importantly, react, to the life around us. This was certainly an interesting book to read as we are also living in the times of Covid, a joke made in reference to this book so often that my book club finally decided to read it. An intense and interesting character study, Marquez once again shows why he is a household name of literature.
3.5/5
鈥楾hey were together in silence like an old married couple wary of life, beyond the pitfalls of passion, beyond the brutal mockery of hope and the phantoms of disillusion: beyond love. For they had lived together long enough to know that love was always love, anytime and anyplace, but it was more solid the closer it came to death.鈥�
For fifty-one years, nine months and four days, Florentino Ariza pines for Fermina Daza in Gabriel Garcia Marquez鈥檚 Love in the Time of Cholera, a sweeping epic of love, plagues, and an awareness we are all marching towards death. Though known for his expertise in magical realism, here Marquez opts for a more direct approach in realism, chronicling the many years of unrequited love and allowing the magic of everyday reality to be its own fantastical journey through life. This is easily achieved by Marquez, a writer with prose of such intense beauty and a gift for commanding complex plots in an engaging manner. The book is dense, but in the way a diamond is dense, the prose compounding insights and observations through each perfectly written sentence (though it can be a bit of a slog at times). What results is that, in a book about both love and illness, we find love to appear as illness itself, with Florentino seeming to take pleasure in his own suffering. Marquez creates a very Humbert Humbert-esque character from him, with his reprehensible actions not condemned through the narration and allowing for a dynamic look at obsession in love as well as the impetus behind perseverance.
Something I enjoy with Marquez is how surprising his books can be. The novel begins with Dr. Juvenal Urbino, who we quickly learn dies, though much of the beginning of this book surrounds his relationship with his wife, Fermina. It鈥檚 the subversion of expectations of narrative that make this book quite fun, although it is lacking in the overt humor that we find in most of his works. Though with the Doctor we are thrust into a major theme of the book: the inevitability of death.
'At eighty-one years of age he had enough lucidity to realize that he was attached to this world by a few slender threads that could break painlessly with a simple change of position while he slept, and if he did all he could to keep those threads intact, it was because of his terror of not finding God in the darkness of death.'
We see the doctor finding his body and mind becoming strangers to one another and throughout the novel, one dealing with cholera, we are constantly aware everyone has an expiration date.
鈥�She knew that he loved her above all else, more than anything in the world, but only for his own sake.鈥�
This is key for Florentino, as he suffers in love for Fermina as he ages. The ending, which is beautiful, becomes both a revisit of young love as well as a reversal, with the act of lovemaking focusing on their aging bodies as they attempt to sail off into a reclamation of eternal youth. It is as if in his self-imposed suffering he finds himself most alive, and鈥攕uch as when he is jailed for serenading Fermina鈥攔eveling in his impression of himself as a martyr. Marquez excels at symbolism and imagery, with flowers being the most profound of them in this novel, and there is no better metaphor for Florentino鈥檚 self-martyring behavior than when he devours the flowers that remind him of Fermina only to become violently ill.
鈥�There is no greater glory than to die for love,鈥� thinks Florentino, but what is love to him. He posits love making as the ultimate act of love, yet despite a lifetime of constant sex with other women, still tells Fermina he is a virgin. On the surface, this is a lie he tells her to impress her, but to him this is his truth: the acts of sex meant nothing because only sex with her would count as love. This novel often seems to be read as one of great love, but I found it to be just the opposite, showing how vulgar much of our socially accepted impressions of love to be. His obsession is less endearing and more an act of control: he wants her for himself and when she was taken from him in their youth he feels he must reclaim the control he had. Even Fermina tells Florentino that they are strangers to one another. Much of Florentino鈥檚 love for Fermina is less love of her and love of his idea of her.
Over time, each character seems to reveal themselves as corrupt. Florentino is a charming character to read about, but he is quite despicable. There is certainly a -like element to this book in that way. He is a womanizer (Marquez makes some sweeping generalizations about women and their 鈥渨ays鈥� here that are鈥ot great) and even leads some of them to their death. With one, he writes that she belongs to him on her body, which causes the woman鈥檚 husband to slit her throat. But most despicable is the grooming of Am茅rica Vicu帽a, a 14 year old girl he forces into a marriage with when he is 70. The metaphor is certainly there, the idea of his ravaging and destruction of her (aptly named America) fitting into the theme of cholera, a disease coming from Europe, ravaging the Americas as well as all the other elements of European colonialism over the Americas that embed themselves into the book, but maybe the rape and grooming of a 14 year old girl doesn鈥檛 need to be the way we blithely go about this in books? It鈥檚 a 鈥測es I get it鈥� but also can still be problematic. It is revealing of Florentino, however, as he is more relieved that he is not implicated in her death than he is grieving for her loss.
However, Marquez is masterful with complex characters and this book is quite the adventure in character development. While it is easy as a bystander to condemn Florentino for many of his actions and question if he truly loves Fermina, there is a lot of internal conflict going on that unveils his motives. Early on he is sexually assaulted by a woman and he is unable to determine which woman it was. There is a bit of a sense to the "hurt people hurt other people" idea, which doesn't condone him but does give an idea into how his behavior is a reaction to that coupled with the loss of Fermina.
I find Fermina to be the more interesting characters here as well. Her life is tragic and often dictated by the whims of men (such as her father, who forces her to break off contact with Florentino) but is also regarded much like an object by them. However, and possibly as a reaction to it, she can be very headstrong. She refuses to forgive her husband until he submits to her wishes, and is against the feeling of guilt, something likely due to how impressionable she was as a child and not wanting to feel vulnerable.
I find it amusing, too, that what she enjoys in Florentino at the end is the ways in which he reminds her of her former husband and that 鈥�the most important thing in a good marriage is not happiness, but stability,鈥� enjoying the consistent moments instead of the sweeping joy that Florentino seems focused on. She is the realist whereas Florentino seems the idealist, who, in his grand quest for great love and martyring himself for its cause, commits despicable acts and glosses over them. In fact, much of her realization in adulthood had been that Florentino's charm had been an idealization of him and his promises. The love of the idea of him, which, as we see, goes both ways. It isn't until late in life they can remove all of this and be at peace with their feelings for each other. For Florentino, it was fulfillment for his years of struggles and the climax to his 622 relations, for Fermina it is companionship in the waning years of life.
Overall, this is a fine book with a lot of great writing and wonderful character development, but it never quite hit me the way his other works have. But wow can Marquez write. I suppose much of it is that tales of obsessive love strike me as more problematic than they would have when I was younger, though I did enjoy the way Marquez makes this almost a subversive reading of that. Yet he also dives into their characters to make this much more than simply a story about love but about why we feel, act, and most importantly, react, to the life around us. This was certainly an interesting book to read as we are also living in the times of Covid, a joke made in reference to this book so often that my book club finally decided to read it. An intense and interesting character study, Marquez once again shows why he is a household name of literature.
3.5/5
鈥楾hey were together in silence like an old married couple wary of life, beyond the pitfalls of passion, beyond the brutal mockery of hope and the phantoms of disillusion: beyond love. For they had lived together long enough to know that love was always love, anytime and anyplace, but it was more solid the closer it came to death.鈥�
October 12, 2022
賰丕賳鬲 鬲亘丿賵 賱賴 噩賲賷賱丞 噩丿丕. 賮丕鬲賳丞 噩丿丕. 賵 賲禺鬲賱賮丞 噩丿丕 毓賳 丕賱賳丕爻 丕賱毓丕丿賷賷賳. 亘丨賷孬 賱丕 賷丿乇賰 賰賷賮 賱丕 賷禺鬲賱 丕賱兀禺乇賵賳 賲孬賱賴 亘氐賳丕噩丕鬲 賰毓亘賷賴丕 毓賱賶 亘賱丕胤 丕賱卮丕乇毓. 賵 賱丕 鬲囟胤乇亘 賯賱賵亘賴賲 亘賴賵丕亍 鬲賳賴丿丕鬲 賰卮賰卮賴丕. 賵 賱丕 賷氐丕亘 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賰賱賴 亘丕賱噩賳賵賳 丨亘丕 亘丨乇賰丞 囟賮賷乇鬲賴丕 賵 胤賷乇丕賳 賷丿賷賴丕. 賵 賱噩賷賳 囟丨賰鬲賴丕.賵 兀賳鬲 賮賷 丨囟乇丞 丕賱賲丕乇賰賷夭 賱丕 鬲鬲賵賯賮 毓賳 丕賱丕賳亘賴丕乇 賮賷 賰賱 賱丨馗丞. 丕賳賴 賱丕 賷丨賰賷 亘賯丿乇 賲丕 賷亘孬 賱賰 賲賳 兀丨丿丕孬 亘賱 賷噩毓賱賰 鬲乇丕賴丕 乇兀賷 丕賱毓賷賳. 賱賷爻 匕賱賰 賮丨爻亘 賵 賱賰賳賴 兀賷囟丕 賷胤賱毓賰 毓賱賶 賲丕 賮賷 丕賱賳賮賵爻 賵 賷噩賱賷 禺賮丕賷丕 丕賱賯賱賵亘 亘爻乇丿 亘爻賷胤 賵 賲爻鬲乇爻賱 賱丕 鬲賰賱賮 賮賷賴 賵 賱丕 毓賳丕亍 賵 賰兀賳賴 兀賳賮丕爻 丨爻賳丕亍 賲爻鬲睾乇賯丞 賮賷 丕賱賳賵賲.
噩賲賷毓賴賲 賰丕賳賵丕 賲鬲兀賰丿賷賳 賲賳 兀賳賴賲 乇兀賵賴 賲乇丕鬲 毓丿賷丿丞 亘賱 賵 丿禺賱賵丕 賲毓賴 賮賷 氐賮賯丞 賲丕. 賱賰賳 兀賷丕 賲賳賴賲 賱賲 賷爻鬲胤毓 鬲丨丿賷丿 賲賱丕賲丨賴 賮賷 匕丕賰乇鬲賴. 毓賳丿卅匕 丕賳賰卮賮鬲 賱賮乇賲賷賳丕 丿丕孬丕 丕賱兀爻亘丕亘 丕賱賰丕賲賳丞 賮賷 丕賱賱丕賵毓賷 賵 丕賱鬲賷 賲賳毓鬲賴丕 賲賳 丨亘賴. 賵 賯丕賱鬲: 賷亘丿賵 賵 賰兀賳賴 賱賷爻 卮禺氐丕 賵 丕賳賲丕 胤賷賮丕. 胤賷賮 卮禺氐 賱賲 賷乇賴 兀丨丿 賲賳 賯亘賱.
賴賵賾 孬丕亘鬲
賴賷賾丕 賲卮賷鬲
賴賵賾 胤亘賾賯 亘丕賱爻丕毓丕鬲
賴賷賾丕 爻丕亘鬲
賴賵賾 鬲亘賾鬲
賴賷賾丕 毓丕卮鬲
賴賵 賲丕鬲
丕賱夭賵丕噩 賴賵 兀賳 卮禺氐賷賳 賱丕 賷賰丕丿丕賳 賷毓乇賮丕賳 亘毓囟賴賲丕 賵 賱丕 鬲乇亘胤賴賲丕 兀賷丞 氐賱丞 賯乇亘賶. 賲禺鬲賱賮賷 丕賱胤亘丕卅毓 賵 丕賱孬賯丕賮丞. 亘賱 賵 賲禺鬲賱賮賷 丕賱噩賳爻 兀賷囟丕. 賵噩丿丕 賳賮爻賷賴賲丕 賲賱夭賲賷賳 賮噩兀丞 亘丕賱毓賷卮 賲毓丕. 賵 丕賱賳賵賲 賮賷 丕賱爻乇賷乇 賳賮爻賴. 賵 丕賱賲卮丕乇賰丞 賮賷 賲氐賷乇賷賳 乇亘賲丕 賰丕賳丕 賲賯乇乇賷賳 賮賷 丕鬲噩丕賴賷賳 賲禺鬲賱賮賷賳. 丕賳賴 賷賳鬲賴賷 賰賱 賱賷賱丞 亘毓丿 賲賲丕乇爻丞 丕賱丨亘 賵 賱丕亘丿 賲賳 丕賱毓賵丿丞 廿賱賶 亘賳丕卅賴 賰賱 氐亘丕丨 賯亘賱 鬲賳丕賵賱 丕賱賮胤賵乇.
賲丕 賰丕賳鬲 賯丕丿乇丞 毓賱賶 鬲氐乇賷賮 廿丨爻丕爻 毓賲賷賯 亘丕賱睾囟亘 賲賳 丕賱夭賵噩 丕賱匕賷 鬲乇賰賴丕 賵丨賷丿丞 賵爻胤 亘丨乇 丕賱馗賱賲丕鬲. 賰丕賳 賰賱 卮賷亍 賲賳 兀卮賷丕卅賴 賷丿賮毓賴丕 賱賱亘賰丕亍. 丕賱亘賷噩丕賲丕 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丨鬲 丕賱賵爻丕丿丞. 賵 丕賱禺賮 丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳 賷亘丿賵 賱賴丕 丿賵賲丕 賵 賰兀賳賴 禺賮 賲乇賷囟. 賵 匕賰乇賶 氐賵乇鬲賴 丕賱賲胤亘賵毓丞 賮賷 毓賲賯 丕賱賲乇丌賴 賵 賴賵 賷禺賱毓 賲賱丕亘爻賴 賮賷賲丕 賴賷 鬲爻乇丨 卮毓乇賴丕 賱賱賳賵賲. 賵 乇丕卅丨丞 亘卮乇鬲賴 丕賱鬲賷 爻鬲亘賯賶 毓丕賱賯丞 賮賷 亘卮乇鬲賴丕 賱賵賯鬲 胤賵賷賱 亘毓丿 賲賵鬲賴. 賰丕賳鬲 鬲鬲賵賯賮 毓賳 兀賷 毓賲賱 鬲賯賵賲 亘賴 賵 鬲囟乇亘 噩亘賴鬲賴丕 亘賰賮賴丕 賱兀賳賴丕 鬲匕賰乇鬲 賮噩兀丞 卮賷卅丕 賳爻賷鬲 兀賳 鬲禺亘乇賴 亘賴 賵 鬲乇丿 賮賷 匕賴賳賴丕 賮賷 賰賱 賱丨馗丞 丕賱兀爻卅賱丞 丕賱賷賵賲賷丞 丕賱賰孬賷乇丞 丕賱鬲賷 賱丕 賷爻鬲胤賷毓 丕賱廿噩丕亘丞 毓賳賴丕 兀丨丿 爻賵丕賴. 賱賯丿 賯丕賱 賱賴丕 賮賷 兀丨丿 丕賱兀賷丕賲 卮賷卅丕 賱賲 鬲爻鬲胤毓 鬲氐賵乇賴: 丕賳 丕賱賲亘鬲賵乇賷賳 賷丨爻賵賳 丌賱丕賲丕 賵 禺丿乇丕 賵 丿睾丿睾丞 賮賷 兀乇噩賱賴賲 丕賱鬲賷 賱賲 賲丕 毓丕丿賵丕 賷賲鬲賱賰賵賳賴丕. 賵 賴匕丕 賲丕 卮毓乇鬲 亘賴 賴賷 賲賳 丿賵賳賴 .. 賰丕賳鬲 鬲卮毓乇 亘賵噩賵丿賴 丨賷孬 賱賲 賷毓丿 賱賴 賲賳 賵噩賵丿.
丕氐胤丿賲 亘乇爻丕賱丞 賲亘賱賱丞 亘丕賱賲丕亍 丕賱賲鬲噩賲毓 賵乇丕亍 丕賱亘丕亘 賵 鬲毓乇賮 賲賳 丕賱賲睾賱賮 賮賷 丕賱丨丕賱 毓賱賶 丕賱禺胤 丕賱賲鬲爻賱胤 丕賱匕賷 賱賲 鬲爻鬲胤毓 鬲亘丿賷賱賴 賰賱 鬲賯賱亘丕鬲 丕賱丨賷丕丞. 亘賱 丕賳賴 兀丨爻 亘乇丕卅丨丞 丕賱毓胤乇 丕賱賱賷賱賷 賱兀夭賴丕乇 丕賱賷丕爻賲賷賳 丕賱匕丕亘賱丞. 賱兀賳 賯賱亘賴 丨丿孬賴 亘賰賱 卮賷亍 賲賳匕 丕賱乇賴亘丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶. 丕賳賴丕 丕賱乇爻丕賱丞 丕賱鬲賷 丕賳鬲馗乇賴丕 丿賵賳 賱丨馗丞 乇丕丨丞 賵丕丨丿丞 禺賱丕賱 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 賳氐賮 賯乇賳.賵賱賲丕 鬲鬲賱丕賯賶 丕賱賵卮賵卮 賲乇鬲賷賳
賲丕 亘賷鬲賱丕賯賵卮 賷賵賲 丕賱賱賯丕 丕賱鬲丕賳賷
毓賲乇 丕賱賵卮賵卮 賲丕 亘鬲亘賯賶 亘毓丿 丕賱爻賳賷賳
賳賮爻 丕賱賵卮賵卮 丿賷 亘鬲亘賯賶 卮賷亍 鬲丕賳賷
亘鬲亘丿賾賱 丕賱兀賷丕賲 賲賱丕賲丨賳丕
鬲乇毓卮賳丕, 鬲賳毓卮賳丕 鬲卮賵賾卮賳丕
賷丕 鬲乇賶 丕賱賱賷 亘賷毓賷卮 丕賱夭賲賳 廿丨賳丕
賵丕賱丕 丕賱夭賲賳 賴賵丞 丕賱賱賷 亘賷毓賷卮賳丕
賰賱丕賴賲丕 賰丕賳 賲乇鬲毓丿丕. 賱丕 賷毓乇賮 賲丕 丕賱匕賷 賷賮毓賱丕賳賴 亘毓賷丿丕 毓賳 卮亘丕亘賴賲丕. 毓賱賶 卮乇賮丞 亘賱丕胤賴丕 賰乇賯毓丞 丕賱卮胤乇賳噩 賮賷 亘賷鬲 賱賷爻 賲賱賰賴賲丕 賵 賱丕 賷夭丕賱 賷毓亘賯 亘乇丕卅丨丞 丕賱賲賷鬲. 丕賳賴賲丕 賷噩賱爻丕賳 賲毓丕 賱賱賲乇丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶 賱丕 鬲賮氐賱 亘賷賳賴賲丕 爻賵賶 賴匕賴 丕賱賲爻丕賮丞 丕賱囟賷賯丞 賵 賱丿賷賴賲丕 賮丕卅囟 賲賳 丕賱賵賯鬲 賱賷乇賷丕 亘毓囟賴賲丕 亘賴丿賵亍 亘毓丿 賳氐賮 賯乇賳 賲賳 丕賱廿賳鬲馗丕乇.
March 1, 2008
I did not enjoy this at all. This is a book about a weak man excessively obsessed with a married woman for over 50 years. He pines his time away with 622 sexual encounters that he records and we have to read through. The book is SLOW! He is sickly obsessed. He's a pervert, possibly a pedophile. He finally is reunited with his true love when she is in her 80's and then he describes their bodies and love life. Don't recommend this to anyone! This is not what true love is...it is a book about obsession and weakness. Wasted my time when there are so many wonderful books out there to read!
October 16, 2014
This review is now also available at The Bombay Literary Magazine (TBLM):
The words I am about to express:
They now have their own crowned goddess.
THE INFINITE CAPACITY FOR ILLUSION
Whither The Magic?
is one of my favorite novels. Which is why, when I started reading Love in the Time of Cholera, one of the things I noticed immediately was the lack of the subtle brand of magic that I had so enjoyed. I missed it and was on the lookout for it. I wanted it badly and went around every corner with the expectation of a cheerful reunion. But it was not to be.
As Pynchon says: the 鈥渞eality鈥� of love and the possibility of its ultimate extinction become Love鈥檚 鈥渋ndispensable driving forces,鈥� whereas magic in all its guises and forms becomes peripheralized or 鈥渁t least more thoughtfully deployed in the service of an expanded vision, matured, darker than before but no less clement鈥�.听
Why this marginalization of the extraordinary? Why this deliberate move towards realism? Why no Magic?
I kept asking myself this as I read, and beyond. Was I to understand that it is because Love in itself is Magic? That was too cheesy, even for M谩rquez who never shies from telling me a cheesy sub-story if it needs to be told.
Or is it because Love in the Time of Cholera is to seen as the product of a more experienced author, who no longer needs the resources of magic realism and hyperbole to surprise the reader?
One thing was sure, Love in the Time of Cholera is not only about Love, even when it pervades every page. Indeed, it covers, through its characters鈥� wide amorous and business interests, an entire era and all the social classes, spanning over fifty years of Latin American life, from the last decades of the nineteenth century to the first two or three of the twentieth.
Love in the Time of Cholera, while on a much smaller scale than One Hundred Years of Solitude, deals with the Colombian civil wars of this period and the violence left in its wake. M谩rquez however wants these historical and political concerns to be passed largely unnoticed by the reader. While One Hundred Years of Solitude disguises the political themes through the uses of myth, fantasy, hyperbole, and magic realism, Love in the Time of Cholera disguises them through its depiction of an eternal, sometimes exasperating, almost unrealistic love affair, one which flouts the conventions of every love story the reader might have come across.
Love in the Time of Cholera is often quite bleak due to this veering towards stark Realism, to this occasional historical invasion of the narrative. Much of this realism arises from Death and Decay - the central themes of the novel. However, M谩rquez does not completely give up on Idealism either. In fact he is neither an Idealistic or a Realistic author - he is just a supremely eloquent voice speaking from the vantage-point of his own old age and wisdom.
To me, Love in the Time of Cholera is a magnificently gloomy novel though M谩rquez鈥檚 masterful sorcery masks it well, with his verbal cascades of descriptions and his narrative鈥檚 seductiveness.
M谩rquez鈥檚 novels are almost invariably gloomy. They are apocalyptic. They are decadence distilled.
Then why the popularity? Why do we love them? Why are we uplifted? Is it because of M谩rquez鈥檚 enthusiastic exuberance?听
I think it is because of the Quixotic Heroism of the people who populate these doomed worlds.
It is this heroism that veils the Apocalyptic forebodings that pack so densely like storm clouds throughout the firmament his novels.
After all, Consider how during the entire time he waits to talk to Fermina again (fifty-one years, nine months, and four days) Florentine Ariza is dauntless and never ever gives up even the slightest sliver of hope. Nothing could shake this man:
鈥淎nd how long do you think we can keep up this goddamn coming and going?鈥� he asked.
Florentino Ariza had kept his answer ready for fifty-three years, seven months, and eleven days and nights.
鈥淔orever,鈥� he said.
The Heart of Darkness: Death & Decay
There is so much I would like to say about this amazing novel. There are so many themes that could be explored. But in this review I will try to focus on the Beginning and the Ending of this intricately structured novel, and try to tease out the the thread that explains the absence of Magic.
The whole novel is too broad a canvas to be explored in a review. For this, I limit myself to the broad themes of Death, Decay & Redemption, and allow the political, ecological, societal and personal aspects of these themes to play themselves out below the current, so to speak.
The Institutions of Love: Inventing Love
He was aware that he did not love her. He had married her because he liked her haughtiness, her seriousness, her strength, and also because of some vanity on his part, but as she kissed him for the first time he was sure there would be no obstacle to their inventing true love. They did not speak of it that first night, when they spoke of everything until dawn, nor would they ever speak of it. But in the long run, neither of them had made a mistake.
The theme of Juvenal鈥檚 love story is about the incompatibility of love and social convention, the conflict between desire and social life. It is quite easily the crucial conundrum the novel wants to solve - the 'other' to the novel's essence. Security, order, happiness - can these when added together in the right proportions provide an equation for Love?听
For the sort of Love that can stop the decay that seems to have beset the entire world? Apparently not. It is not enough.
Through Juvenal鈥檚 invented Love, M谩rquez is not simply criticizing the institution of marriage, instead he is criticizing the very illusion that allows this - the illusion that the world and the worldly goods and pleasures can produce Love.
Instead M谩rquez wants to show that it is Love that can create (or recreate) the world.
Ultimately Love is love of Love itself, not merely the desire for its actual attainment or even the act of its fulfillment. Passion is its own object.
Pitted against such an impossible ideal, all convention or institutionalization obstructs love鈥檚 ultimate goal, which is to forestall death and decay.
The ultimate goal of Love is to save the world, to create it anew.
Gerontophobia & Ecocide: Destroying Love
So why is this world so much in need of saving?
The cosmic decline in Love seems to be the cause for alarm, the cause for the pervasive decay that invades the world of the novel:
Everything in this novel, from the environment, to the city, to the rebels, to the civil wars, to the people, to the pets are ancient - as if they were part of this earth from the very beginning, but everybody is in the throes of love. And everything ancient is also decaying, sliding slowly towards the final end of death - so is the sadness and the conventional love represented by Juvenal.
But it is not just about the human lives. M谩rquez writes as much about places as about people. This one is also about the death of a river, of a town, of a society鈥� or murder, rather. Of Nature鈥檚 Old Age inflicted prematurely by youthful humanity.
This is the ecological sub-theme of the novel - It is the river, finally, the Great Magdalena (in Spanish, the 鈥�river of life鈥�) that highlights this for us. The abundant nature that surrounds the town is caught in a process of irreversible decay. Alligators, manatees, monkeys, and birds disappear from the jungle; toward the end, the riverboats have difficulty finding enough wood for their boilers. While the political urgency of this topic is clear, cosmic decline in Love in the Time of Cholera has a different meaning and is linked to the theme of the interruption of love discussed before.
Paralleling the old age of his characters with the decay envisioned by this ecological wasteland (of their own making), M谩rquez is pointing out to us the true nature of Decay - of Humans and their self inflicted sufferings bringing the decay of old age upon themselves and upon the whole of nature.
This is the central tenet of the novel - Love in the Time of Decay.
However, there is more. And M谩rquez is not afraid to set this counter theme out in the very opening scene itself:
The Sweet Smell of Bitter Almonds
Counter to the dark theme of decay that is to be developed for most of the rest of the plot, early in the novel, an act of brave revolt against this inevitability establishes the counter-current against the steady march of decay.
J茅r茅miah de Saint-Amour (soon forgotten and never again mentioned) takes this revolutionary step (again drawing our attention the continuous revolution in which the political life of the novel is set) by choosing to die before decay sets in. This act initiates the long debate that runs throughout the novel about Love and its objective - are we to preserve Love at the expense of Life or to preserve Life through Love? By raising this question so early, by calculating his suicide long beforehand, by choosing to end the world than to let it go to rot, to see it rot, Saint-Amour stays alive through the rest of the novel, haunting it.
Being a witness to the decay of love was the most unbearable to Saint-Amour, the Saint of Love?
What we see dramatized at the end of the book, however, is the possibility of genuine passion and romance in old age. There is a clear contrast between Saint-Amour鈥檚 suicide and the protracted love life of Florentino Ariza, but it is a contrast that conceals a profound affinity. Saint-Amour kills himself to preserve his body from decay, to fix its image, as it were, through death.
Love and decay, then, constitute the double focus of this novel, the former being present in countless ways throughout.
Love in The Time of Cholera: The Post-Apocalyptic Paradise
鈥� his mother was terrified because his condition did not resemble the turmoil of love so much as the devastation of cholera.
Every page of this novel is rammed full of love, beyond the capacity of any reader to fully comprehend. Love is in the air like Malaria; and in the water, like Cholera - its infections are inescapable!
All aspects of love are covered in exquisite detail - from teenage love to old age; from sexual to rapine to platonic; from formal courtship to marital to unconsummated; to unrequited love to the excesses of suicide and adultery; from the mundane normalcy of love to the incestuous abnormalities.
The reader has to consider carefully in the midst of this overwhelming abundance and variety the treatment that M谩rquez gives to love in this novel. Love in the novel is not the purely romantic love -carefree, easy flowing, spontaneous, and idealized.
Instead, the novel鈥檚 great affirmation of romance, is in the face not just of a hostile or prosaic world, but of the darker side of romance itself.
It is Operatic, Quixotic & Dionysian Love that is celebrated. It is Love as the Second Coming!
Sailing The River of Love: The Voyage of Re-Birth
Youth, Love, Old Age & Death - The Four Unknowns. This should have been the order of Life.
However, in this world of M谩rquez, the only ages that can hope to be able love/live seem to the Young and the Old. In between lies the desert - the only time we are allowed to live - when not capable of love. It is a paradox on which the very survival of this fictional universe seems to depend on.
Love and Life cannot coexist then - The solution is to give up the life they know for Love. To take the ultimate leap of faith.
So hoist a yellow flag on the Ship of your Life (Second Fidelity) and sail on the Great Magdalena (in Spanish, the 鈥�river of life鈥�) in a State of Emergency! Let Love in the Time of Cholera be the entirety of the River of Life. Love should now destroy that earlier Life instead, just as Cholera can squeeze it out. And then be reborn, afresh.
The novel ends with the central characters challenging their entire social world and the very conditions of their existence by their grand romantic gesture, by their final, and what seems like eternal, trip on the Magdalena river. This is the necessary reaction to the decay that is fast on the route to complete extinction, to death.
Love and Cholera will both go extinct otherwise, rooted out by Life.
Love is shown as the redeeming force that saves both humanity, nature, culture and history. It appears as a divine force that defies everything. As if in biblical terms, the novel seems to assert that it is not yet too late to stop the end of humanity and to reach out for grace and happiness.
Most importantly, never allow the Yellow Flag to be questioned. Sustain the ardor. Maintain the symptoms of Cholera/Love. The pestilence is to be maintained at all costs! Only then will the world let you sail on.
Of course, the novel ends with the reader wondering if Fermina and Florentino will ever be able to come ashore and exercise their second chance.
We are left to question this act for ourselves: How do we save the world? By Escape into an Unrealistic Fantasy? Or is love more real? The answer, at least inside M谩rquez鈥檚 world is quite clear.
This final triumph is exquisitely multi-layered. Fermina and Florentino will remain isolated from the real contagion of their earlier Life by allowing their Love to be disguised as Cholera.
They are not rejecting the world, they are allowing the world to reject them instead.
The quarantine is really against love, the sickness that society will not, can not tolerate, the sickness that society fear as much as a deadly epidemic, the sickness that the society fears will wipe it out.
Instead it is that very sickness, which is recognized by conventional society as its biggest scourge, that saves the characters from extinction, along with the manatees, the alligators, and the monkeys.
It is Love that saves all in the end - at least we are left to imagine that possibility. Now, in this Post-Apocalyptic Paradise, age is of no consequence; Life has been transmuted and preserved by Love, like Saint-Amour鈥檚 Love by death.
Life has been reborn in the Second Coming of Love!
Love, in short, will always be in the time of cholera, under the Yellow Flag鈥檚 protection.
THE INFINITE CAPACITY FOR ILLUSION: The Will to Lyricism
So, now we can come back to the question we started with - of the Absence of Magic.
In One Hundred Years of Solitude, the apocalypse came in spite of Magic, in Love in the Time of Cholera, redemption comes despite its absence!
Unlike the death that starts off One Hundred Years of Solitude, here that death, the suicide, is ultimately sublimated into love - and decay is arrested in its unreality!
In fact reality has instead been reinvented in their own terms, where previous reality was rejected outright.
The capacity for illusion is magic enough to save the world, and our souls. This Infinite Capacity for Illusion can bring on the required apocalypse and we can live as if the Kingdom of Heaven/Cholera was already here on earth, under that banner of protection!
Only then can the Magic return.
June 26, 2007
I learned that I will never be a great writer, because sometimes, there are people like Marquez, who manage to write such an amazing piece of art without making it ponderous, pretentious, or difficult.
It's not really about the plot, is it? A guy is in love with a girl, and waits for her for 50-odd years, while conducting his own affairs.
Here's the thing, though. The way the story is told is segue-free, almost conversational, but with such sumptuous detail and description, that it can only be explained as an absolute justification specifically for the written word. No other format for this story would be good enough.
It made me crave to read it in the original Spanish, though. There were paragraphs that I knew did not carry the same weight in English (and this translation is really beautiful) that it would have in Spanish.
Amazing book. Really. Please read it.
It's not really about the plot, is it? A guy is in love with a girl, and waits for her for 50-odd years, while conducting his own affairs.
Here's the thing, though. The way the story is told is segue-free, almost conversational, but with such sumptuous detail and description, that it can only be explained as an absolute justification specifically for the written word. No other format for this story would be good enough.
It made me crave to read it in the original Spanish, though. There were paragraphs that I knew did not carry the same weight in English (and this translation is really beautiful) that it would have in Spanish.
Amazing book. Really. Please read it.
October 5, 2023
"The words I am about to express:
They now have their own crowned goddess."
鈥揕eandro Diaz
Love in the Time of Cholera is not a book that can be taken like a shot of tequila鈥攕lammed down then sit back and feel the burn. No, no, this book is like a fine aged wine. I swirled it around the glass and drank in the beauty of his prose. The delicious writing slipped through my brain and settled into my core until I was on fire. I had to commit, to give Gabriel Garc铆a M谩rquez my undivided attention.
Love in the Time of Cholera is about passion. Not just desire in love, but many different kinds of craving. The kind of intensity that consumes the soul in a way that will never let go. Many stories are going on at once in this tale. They all swirl around love and loss, be it a person, money, or a life not fully lived. M谩rquez spoke of the unfathomable pain that can make people go completely mad when their yearnings are not fulfilled. On the other side of the coin, that kind of hunger can drive a person to succeed beyond anything they had ever imagined.
The novel takes place between 1880 and 1930 in an unnamed port city in the Caribbean. A Cholera outbreak devastates the town. Can the new doctor, Juvenal Urbino, who follows in his father鈥檚 footsteps, make the changes needed to keep another at bay? We are also introduced to Fermina Daza, and Florentino Ariza who suffer from young love, as well as so many other brilliant characters as the lives in this city unfold in all their magnificent splendor.
M谩rquez uses foreshadowing exquisitely to draw the line of where you might be going but is that truly the destination? If you don鈥檛 keep reading, you鈥檒l never know.
I can鈥檛 bring myself to give away spoilers. The story is too beautiful, too heartbreaking, too everything, not to read. M谩rquez will seduce you if you allow him, but you must give yourself over to the Latino heat of the sweltering Caribbean. You won鈥檛 be sorry.
They now have their own crowned goddess."
鈥揕eandro Diaz
Love in the Time of Cholera is not a book that can be taken like a shot of tequila鈥攕lammed down then sit back and feel the burn. No, no, this book is like a fine aged wine. I swirled it around the glass and drank in the beauty of his prose. The delicious writing slipped through my brain and settled into my core until I was on fire. I had to commit, to give Gabriel Garc铆a M谩rquez my undivided attention.
Love in the Time of Cholera is about passion. Not just desire in love, but many different kinds of craving. The kind of intensity that consumes the soul in a way that will never let go. Many stories are going on at once in this tale. They all swirl around love and loss, be it a person, money, or a life not fully lived. M谩rquez spoke of the unfathomable pain that can make people go completely mad when their yearnings are not fulfilled. On the other side of the coin, that kind of hunger can drive a person to succeed beyond anything they had ever imagined.
The novel takes place between 1880 and 1930 in an unnamed port city in the Caribbean. A Cholera outbreak devastates the town. Can the new doctor, Juvenal Urbino, who follows in his father鈥檚 footsteps, make the changes needed to keep another at bay? We are also introduced to Fermina Daza, and Florentino Ariza who suffer from young love, as well as so many other brilliant characters as the lives in this city unfold in all their magnificent splendor.
M谩rquez uses foreshadowing exquisitely to draw the line of where you might be going but is that truly the destination? If you don鈥檛 keep reading, you鈥檒l never know.
I can鈥檛 bring myself to give away spoilers. The story is too beautiful, too heartbreaking, too everything, not to read. M谩rquez will seduce you if you allow him, but you must give yourself over to the Latino heat of the sweltering Caribbean. You won鈥檛 be sorry.
March 21, 2023
鈥淚t was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.鈥�
Love is not patient, love is not kind. It鈥檚 envious, it鈥檚 boastful, it鈥檚 proud. It鈥檚 most definitely self-seeking. This book takes the illusion of pure love and turns it upside down. It鈥檚 absolutely brilliant. I basked in the beauty of individual sentences and marveled at the epic scope. Don鈥檛 expect a romantic, traditional love story or a loveable character to fall for, because you won鈥檛 find those things here. What you will find is a sometimes humorous yet painfully truthful story about obsession, marriage, aging, sex, and death. I have to admit that the honesty of M谩rquez鈥檚 brutal points occasionally made me laugh out loud. All of this is set in the sultry heat of a Caribbean coastal city at the turn of the nineteenth century during 鈥榯he time of cholera鈥�.
鈥淎t nightfall, at the oppressive moment of transition, a storm of carnivorous mosquitoes rose out of the swamps, and a tender breath of human shit, warm and sad, stirred the certainty of death in the depths of one鈥檚 soul.鈥�
Stories about obsession and rather unsavory characters always fascinate me, but I鈥檓 aware these elements don鈥檛 appeal to every reader. Here we have a young man, Florentino Ariza, who believes he has fallen in love with the adolescent Fermina Daza. When he can鈥檛 have her, he spends the next several decades with the intent to grab what he failed to obtain during his youth. Fermina, in the meantime, has married a renowned physician, Dr. Juvenal Urbino. We spend the next three hundred odd pages immersed in the lives of these three (plus some secondary characters) with occasional time shifts that are mastered flawlessly. The idea of 鈥渓ove鈥� is scrutinized without a single reservation on the part of M谩rquez 鈥� both that of the married as well as the unwed. Fermina and Dr. Urbino have their ups and downs; while Florentino has his mad affairs to fill the time before hazarding another attempt at his previously failed conquest.
鈥淭he problem with marriage is that it ends every night after making love, and it must be rebuilt every morning before breakfast.鈥�
鈥淔lorentino Ariza learned what he had already experienced many times without realizing it: that one can be in love with several people at the same time, feel the same sorrow with each, and not betray any of them.鈥�
Nothing about this novel is sentimental; rather, it鈥檚 a bit tongue in cheek, in my opinion. There are no answers to the question of true love to be found in its pages. If your experience is anything like mine, you鈥檒l nod your head a lot, shake it from time to time, and smirk every now and then. You鈥檒l absolutely admire the prose. You鈥檒l hungrily go looking for the next Gabriel Garc铆a M谩rquez book.
鈥溾€� nothing in this world was more difficult than love.鈥�
Love is not patient, love is not kind. It鈥檚 envious, it鈥檚 boastful, it鈥檚 proud. It鈥檚 most definitely self-seeking. This book takes the illusion of pure love and turns it upside down. It鈥檚 absolutely brilliant. I basked in the beauty of individual sentences and marveled at the epic scope. Don鈥檛 expect a romantic, traditional love story or a loveable character to fall for, because you won鈥檛 find those things here. What you will find is a sometimes humorous yet painfully truthful story about obsession, marriage, aging, sex, and death. I have to admit that the honesty of M谩rquez鈥檚 brutal points occasionally made me laugh out loud. All of this is set in the sultry heat of a Caribbean coastal city at the turn of the nineteenth century during 鈥榯he time of cholera鈥�.
鈥淎t nightfall, at the oppressive moment of transition, a storm of carnivorous mosquitoes rose out of the swamps, and a tender breath of human shit, warm and sad, stirred the certainty of death in the depths of one鈥檚 soul.鈥�
Stories about obsession and rather unsavory characters always fascinate me, but I鈥檓 aware these elements don鈥檛 appeal to every reader. Here we have a young man, Florentino Ariza, who believes he has fallen in love with the adolescent Fermina Daza. When he can鈥檛 have her, he spends the next several decades with the intent to grab what he failed to obtain during his youth. Fermina, in the meantime, has married a renowned physician, Dr. Juvenal Urbino. We spend the next three hundred odd pages immersed in the lives of these three (plus some secondary characters) with occasional time shifts that are mastered flawlessly. The idea of 鈥渓ove鈥� is scrutinized without a single reservation on the part of M谩rquez 鈥� both that of the married as well as the unwed. Fermina and Dr. Urbino have their ups and downs; while Florentino has his mad affairs to fill the time before hazarding another attempt at his previously failed conquest.
鈥淭he problem with marriage is that it ends every night after making love, and it must be rebuilt every morning before breakfast.鈥�
鈥淔lorentino Ariza learned what he had already experienced many times without realizing it: that one can be in love with several people at the same time, feel the same sorrow with each, and not betray any of them.鈥�
Nothing about this novel is sentimental; rather, it鈥檚 a bit tongue in cheek, in my opinion. There are no answers to the question of true love to be found in its pages. If your experience is anything like mine, you鈥檒l nod your head a lot, shake it from time to time, and smirk every now and then. You鈥檒l absolutely admire the prose. You鈥檒l hungrily go looking for the next Gabriel Garc铆a M谩rquez book.
鈥溾€� nothing in this world was more difficult than love.鈥�
November 19, 2016
One of the few writers I have read who can show sex convincingly on the page, so that it reinforces character and extends action, and doesn't become a narrative sinkhole in which entropy prevails.
Depressingly great. One of those books one knows one could never write yet still one wishes -- pointlessly -- that one could do so.
Laden with vivid detail. It moves almost flawlessly, from sequence to sequence with nary a foot put wrong in terms of diction or tone.
Relentless storytelling, like diamonds pouring endlessly from a sack. Enormous reading pleasure. A bit too lacrhymose toward the end for my taste, but this is a quibble. On the whole a shattering novel despite it conventional structure.
Warmly recommended.
Depressingly great. One of those books one knows one could never write yet still one wishes -- pointlessly -- that one could do so.
Laden with vivid detail. It moves almost flawlessly, from sequence to sequence with nary a foot put wrong in terms of diction or tone.
Relentless storytelling, like diamonds pouring endlessly from a sack. Enormous reading pleasure. A bit too lacrhymose toward the end for my taste, but this is a quibble. On the whole a shattering novel despite it conventional structure.
Warmly recommended.
January 15, 2022
鈥淗e allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.鈥�
Because I'd heard that Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera was so different from One Hundred Years of Solitude (one of my favorite novels), it took me a while to actually read it. Love in the Time of Cholera is very different from .One Hundred Years, but it is a wonderful character-driven story that spans the entire life and loves of Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza. They had been passionately in love in their youth, but Fermina eventually rejects Florentino for a wealthy doctor. Florentino's life is spent in expectation of one day reuniting with his love (amid a reported 622 affairs)! Fantastic ending! 4.25 stars.
鈥淭o him she seemed so beautiful, so seductive, so different from ordinary people, that he could not understand why no one was as disturbed as he by the clicking of her heels on the paving stones, why no one else's heart was wild with the breeze stirred by the sighs of her veils, why everyone did not go mad with the movements of her braid, the flight of her hands, the gold of her laughter. He had not missed a single one of her gestures, not one of the indications of her character, but he did not dare approach her for fear of destroying the spell.鈥�
Because I'd heard that Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera was so different from One Hundred Years of Solitude (one of my favorite novels), it took me a while to actually read it. Love in the Time of Cholera is very different from .One Hundred Years, but it is a wonderful character-driven story that spans the entire life and loves of Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza. They had been passionately in love in their youth, but Fermina eventually rejects Florentino for a wealthy doctor. Florentino's life is spent in expectation of one day reuniting with his love (amid a reported 622 affairs)! Fantastic ending! 4.25 stars.
鈥淭o him she seemed so beautiful, so seductive, so different from ordinary people, that he could not understand why no one was as disturbed as he by the clicking of her heels on the paving stones, why no one else's heart was wild with the breeze stirred by the sighs of her veils, why everyone did not go mad with the movements of her braid, the flight of her hands, the gold of her laughter. He had not missed a single one of her gestures, not one of the indications of her character, but he did not dare approach her for fear of destroying the spell.鈥�
April 14, 2021
Un libro sobre amor, vejez y tradiciones.
En realidad 4,6
En Colombia, Gabriel Garc铆a M谩rquez es sin贸nimo de genialidad, y no solo por ganar un Premio Nobel, sino porque gracias a figuras p煤blicas como Gabo, el mundo ha dejado poco a poco de catalogar exclusivamente a nuestro pa铆s como un sitio de narcotraficantes, prostituci贸n, delincuencia y guerrilla. No hay que enga帽ar a nadie, todos estos problemas siguen ocurriendo, pero Colombia no es solo eso: Colombia tambi茅n es talento, genialidad, recursividad, pragmatismo, alegr铆a, etc. Es por ello, que no suelo leer libros o ver pel铆culas que revelan la 芦realidad del pa铆s禄 porque en mi opini贸n esos contenidos no sirven sino para recalcar la imagen negativa que el mundo tiene de nosotros; contenidos, que nos siguen presentando como drogadictos, delincuentes, sicarios, y a las mujeres como prostitutas: No todos somos as铆, no hay que generalizar. Por lo tanto, como colombiano, me siento muy orgulloso de aquellos compatriotas 鈥攃omo artistas, deportistas y cantantes鈥� que triunfan en el exterior y muestran la verdadera esencia de la que estamos hechos los colombianos. Es un privilegio que Gabo represente a Colombia, y es un honor poder disfrutar de sus historias. Para ayudar a entender la importancia que Gabo tiene en Colombia, mencionar茅 que incluso su imagen aparece en el billete de cincuenta mil pesos, billete que es el segundo con m谩s valor en nuestro pa铆s.
Recuerdo que mi primer acercamiento a Gabo fue a los nueve a帽os cuando cursaba quinto de primaria. En aquel 2002, donde Google a煤n no era tan conocido, tener una computadora era una excentricidad, por lo que llegar a clase de tecnolog铆a significaba ser feliz por dos horas porque por lo menos pod铆a tocar y usar este dispositivo tan novedoso y atractivo. Y como estaba aprendiendo a usar el teclado y el mouse, los talleres consist铆an exclusivamente en transcribir en Wordpad cuentos, fragmentos o noticias de peri贸dicos. 隆Qu茅 feliz me sent铆a! Fue all铆, en alguna de esas ocasiones, que conoc铆 por medio de una columna de un peri贸dico a un tal Gabriel Garc铆a M谩rquez. A帽os m谩s adelante leer铆a dos de sus obras: Cr贸nica de una muerte anunciada y La hojarasca. Aquellas obras me gustaron mucho y me hicieron comprender 鈥攄esde ese entonces鈥� que la originalidad de Gabo para escribir era impresionante.
El amor en los tiempos del c贸lera es un libro que me ha hecho reflexionar seriamente sobre muchos temas. Me ha hecho pensar en la vejez y los dolores que sentir茅 a帽os m谩s adelante en mi cuerpo; en la contaminaci贸n que la tecnolog铆a y las nuevas profesiones pueden causar al medio ambiente; en lo especial que era para aquellas personas tomarse una foto; en los beneficios que tenemos actualmente el poder informarnos sobre la sexualidad; en las diferentes reglas que manejaban los colegios en ese entonces; en el honor; en la apariencia; etc. Esa 茅poca era tan diferente a nuestra vida actual, que leer este libro es un deleite para aquellas personas que les encanta la ficci贸n hist贸rica. Es un libro que inmerge en las costumbres, pensamientos y sentimientos reprimidos que vivieron nuestros antepasados del siglo XIX e inicios del siglo XX. Y lo que hace especial este libro no son los temas que trata, es la forma como Gabo escribe sobre ellos. Por ejemplo, diariamente recibimos decenas de correos, mensajes de Whatsapp, Facebook, etc., y al principio sentimos satisfacci贸n, pero al volverse frecuente encontrar mensajes por doquier, entonces llega un punto en que el exceso de informaci贸n nos hace catalogar aquellas notificaciones como 芦una m谩s禄, o simplemente como spam. En cambio, en aquella 茅poca, una carta significaba mucho. Leer los pensamientos o sentimientos de otra persona causaba una verdadera intriga, adrenalina y ansiedad, para el destinatario que estaba a punto de abrir el sobre. Era tan privado, tan bonito y especial, que sin importar la edad que se tuviera, en ese momento las personas se comportaban como adolescentes. Escond铆an la carta, sent铆an miedo e incluso p谩nico por lo que pudieran encontrar, y le铆an varias veces el contenido buscando descubrir frases e ideas nuevas, que en su fren茅tica primera lectura no lograron observar. En aquella 茅poca en que se ocultaban tanto los sentimientos, una carta era la medicina para calmar la necesidad de expresar los verdaderos pensamientos de las personas.
Cuando reci茅n finalic茅 el libro, mi primera impresi贸n fue pensar que este libro no trataba sobre el amor sino sobre la vejez, pero ahora que he organizado mis ideas, debo expresar que este libro es una genialidad y es completamente recomendado para cualquier persona que quiera aprender sobre el amor; ya que Gabo, usando a sus dos personajes principales (Fermina Daza y Florentino Ariza), nos muestra las diferentes fases del amor que podemos vivir como seres humanos. Con este libro podremos recordar nuestro primer enamoramiento, c谩lido e inocente, que todos hemos vivido en nuestra infancia o inicio de la adolescencia; comprenderemos el por qu茅 el miedo a la soledad conlleva a que las personas tengan decenas de relaciones sexuales con diferentes personas; observaremos c贸mo una boda convenida se convert铆a en un reto de convivencia, fortaleza y resignaci贸n para los involucrados, hasta que finalmente resultaban encontrando una raz贸n para 芦amar禄 a su pareja; y obviamente, descubriremos que el amor en la vejez no es significado de pasi贸n, sino de compa帽铆a. Sinceramente es un recorrido incre铆ble el que nos ofrece el autor.
Leer la parte inicial fue muy dif铆cil y necesit茅 mucha concentraci贸n. Esto, porque el autor cambiaba inesperadamente de tema en cualquier momento y fue imposible predecir lo que ven铆a a continuaci贸n. Aunque, incluso aquellas p谩ginas, estaban atiborradas de informaciones interesantes sobre los a帽os posteriores de la Independencia de Colombia. Sobre la prosa realmente no tengo queja alguna, el autor juega con las palabras ilimitadamente, parece que imprimiera sobre cada una de ellas magia, y tiene un vocabulario exquisito que cautiva a cualquier lector. Personalmente estoy acostumbrado a realizar pausas solo cuando finalizo un cap铆tulo, pero aqu铆 no es recomendable ni necesario. Cada cap铆tulo tiene casi cien p谩ginas 鈥攄e hecho, el libro solo tiene seis cap铆tulos鈥� pero podemos pausar en cualquier p谩rrafo sin tener inconvenientes para retomar la lectura m谩s adelante.
En cuanto a los personajes estuvieron muy bien desarrollados, fue sencillo identificarlos y posiblemente estuvieron basados en personas reales que vivieron en aquellos tiempos. Son personajes que aunque crecieron con otras costumbres y son muy diferentes a nosotros en todos los sentidos, en el fondo buscan lo mismo que cualquier persona de cualquier 茅poca: Encontrar su destino e intentar sobrevivir. Eso s铆, a pesar del gran trabajo del autor, no logr茅 simpatizar con ning煤n personaje; esto, aunque su inocencia en la etapa de la adolescencia nos exhibe una bonita historia de amor. Mi desagrado hacia ellos fue porque se convirtieron en personajes muy t贸xicos, vac铆os y urgidos de compa帽铆a cuando crecieron. Claramente las personas cambian, pero cuando eres feliz con ciertas personas y notas en ellas luz, afecto y amor, pero luego de un tiempo sientes que han desaparecido esas caracter铆sticas, entonces empiezas a percibir un rechazo natural hacia ellos porque sabes que est谩s ante un desconocido, y no ante el ser por el cual sentiste en el pasado cari帽o. Aclaro, no me simpatizaron los personajes, pero est谩n muy bien desarrollados.
Otra contradicci贸n que sent铆 con esta lectura, es que cre铆 que el argumento ser铆a distinto. Por el nombre de la n贸vela, imaginaba una historia de amor dram谩tica y dolorosa entre dos enfermos de c贸lera que sufr铆an por su condici贸n y sab铆an que morir铆an, pero a pesar de su estado intentaban ser felices por todos los medios: Lo s茅, esperaba una historia quiz谩s apasionada y muy cursi. Sin embargo, despu茅s de finalizar me alegra que el libro no haya tratado sobre lo que supon铆a, y por cierto, este t铆tulo, es el mejor que pudo tener esta novela porque el c贸lera no hace referencia al estado de los protagonistas, hace referencia a la 茅poca en donde hist贸ricamente se sit煤a esta aventura. Hasta el t铆tulo fue muy bien pensado.
驴Por qu茅 no le doy las cinco estrellas? Muy sencillo, por culpa del final. En pocas palabras, no me gust贸. Respeto la decisi贸n de Gabo, pero no estoy de acuerdo con el desenlace que nos present贸.
En resumen, un libro denso pero f谩cil de leer, que me ha gustado much铆simo por la prosa del autor y por la diversidad de temas en que Gabo me ha hecho pensar y reflexionar. Es una obra que permanecer谩 en mi memoria y que recodar茅 muy seguramente cada vez que 鈥攅spero鈥� viva una historia de amor. Libro muy recomendado.
En realidad 4,6
En Colombia, Gabriel Garc铆a M谩rquez es sin贸nimo de genialidad, y no solo por ganar un Premio Nobel, sino porque gracias a figuras p煤blicas como Gabo, el mundo ha dejado poco a poco de catalogar exclusivamente a nuestro pa铆s como un sitio de narcotraficantes, prostituci贸n, delincuencia y guerrilla. No hay que enga帽ar a nadie, todos estos problemas siguen ocurriendo, pero Colombia no es solo eso: Colombia tambi茅n es talento, genialidad, recursividad, pragmatismo, alegr铆a, etc. Es por ello, que no suelo leer libros o ver pel铆culas que revelan la 芦realidad del pa铆s禄 porque en mi opini贸n esos contenidos no sirven sino para recalcar la imagen negativa que el mundo tiene de nosotros; contenidos, que nos siguen presentando como drogadictos, delincuentes, sicarios, y a las mujeres como prostitutas: No todos somos as铆, no hay que generalizar. Por lo tanto, como colombiano, me siento muy orgulloso de aquellos compatriotas 鈥攃omo artistas, deportistas y cantantes鈥� que triunfan en el exterior y muestran la verdadera esencia de la que estamos hechos los colombianos. Es un privilegio que Gabo represente a Colombia, y es un honor poder disfrutar de sus historias. Para ayudar a entender la importancia que Gabo tiene en Colombia, mencionar茅 que incluso su imagen aparece en el billete de cincuenta mil pesos, billete que es el segundo con m谩s valor en nuestro pa铆s.
Recuerdo que mi primer acercamiento a Gabo fue a los nueve a帽os cuando cursaba quinto de primaria. En aquel 2002, donde Google a煤n no era tan conocido, tener una computadora era una excentricidad, por lo que llegar a clase de tecnolog铆a significaba ser feliz por dos horas porque por lo menos pod铆a tocar y usar este dispositivo tan novedoso y atractivo. Y como estaba aprendiendo a usar el teclado y el mouse, los talleres consist铆an exclusivamente en transcribir en Wordpad cuentos, fragmentos o noticias de peri贸dicos. 隆Qu茅 feliz me sent铆a! Fue all铆, en alguna de esas ocasiones, que conoc铆 por medio de una columna de un peri贸dico a un tal Gabriel Garc铆a M谩rquez. A帽os m谩s adelante leer铆a dos de sus obras: Cr贸nica de una muerte anunciada y La hojarasca. Aquellas obras me gustaron mucho y me hicieron comprender 鈥攄esde ese entonces鈥� que la originalidad de Gabo para escribir era impresionante.
El amor en los tiempos del c贸lera es un libro que me ha hecho reflexionar seriamente sobre muchos temas. Me ha hecho pensar en la vejez y los dolores que sentir茅 a帽os m谩s adelante en mi cuerpo; en la contaminaci贸n que la tecnolog铆a y las nuevas profesiones pueden causar al medio ambiente; en lo especial que era para aquellas personas tomarse una foto; en los beneficios que tenemos actualmente el poder informarnos sobre la sexualidad; en las diferentes reglas que manejaban los colegios en ese entonces; en el honor; en la apariencia; etc. Esa 茅poca era tan diferente a nuestra vida actual, que leer este libro es un deleite para aquellas personas que les encanta la ficci贸n hist贸rica. Es un libro que inmerge en las costumbres, pensamientos y sentimientos reprimidos que vivieron nuestros antepasados del siglo XIX e inicios del siglo XX. Y lo que hace especial este libro no son los temas que trata, es la forma como Gabo escribe sobre ellos. Por ejemplo, diariamente recibimos decenas de correos, mensajes de Whatsapp, Facebook, etc., y al principio sentimos satisfacci贸n, pero al volverse frecuente encontrar mensajes por doquier, entonces llega un punto en que el exceso de informaci贸n nos hace catalogar aquellas notificaciones como 芦una m谩s禄, o simplemente como spam. En cambio, en aquella 茅poca, una carta significaba mucho. Leer los pensamientos o sentimientos de otra persona causaba una verdadera intriga, adrenalina y ansiedad, para el destinatario que estaba a punto de abrir el sobre. Era tan privado, tan bonito y especial, que sin importar la edad que se tuviera, en ese momento las personas se comportaban como adolescentes. Escond铆an la carta, sent铆an miedo e incluso p谩nico por lo que pudieran encontrar, y le铆an varias veces el contenido buscando descubrir frases e ideas nuevas, que en su fren茅tica primera lectura no lograron observar. En aquella 茅poca en que se ocultaban tanto los sentimientos, una carta era la medicina para calmar la necesidad de expresar los verdaderos pensamientos de las personas.
Cuando reci茅n finalic茅 el libro, mi primera impresi贸n fue pensar que este libro no trataba sobre el amor sino sobre la vejez, pero ahora que he organizado mis ideas, debo expresar que este libro es una genialidad y es completamente recomendado para cualquier persona que quiera aprender sobre el amor; ya que Gabo, usando a sus dos personajes principales (Fermina Daza y Florentino Ariza), nos muestra las diferentes fases del amor que podemos vivir como seres humanos. Con este libro podremos recordar nuestro primer enamoramiento, c谩lido e inocente, que todos hemos vivido en nuestra infancia o inicio de la adolescencia; comprenderemos el por qu茅 el miedo a la soledad conlleva a que las personas tengan decenas de relaciones sexuales con diferentes personas; observaremos c贸mo una boda convenida se convert铆a en un reto de convivencia, fortaleza y resignaci贸n para los involucrados, hasta que finalmente resultaban encontrando una raz贸n para 芦amar禄 a su pareja; y obviamente, descubriremos que el amor en la vejez no es significado de pasi贸n, sino de compa帽铆a. Sinceramente es un recorrido incre铆ble el que nos ofrece el autor.
Leer la parte inicial fue muy dif铆cil y necesit茅 mucha concentraci贸n. Esto, porque el autor cambiaba inesperadamente de tema en cualquier momento y fue imposible predecir lo que ven铆a a continuaci贸n. Aunque, incluso aquellas p谩ginas, estaban atiborradas de informaciones interesantes sobre los a帽os posteriores de la Independencia de Colombia. Sobre la prosa realmente no tengo queja alguna, el autor juega con las palabras ilimitadamente, parece que imprimiera sobre cada una de ellas magia, y tiene un vocabulario exquisito que cautiva a cualquier lector. Personalmente estoy acostumbrado a realizar pausas solo cuando finalizo un cap铆tulo, pero aqu铆 no es recomendable ni necesario. Cada cap铆tulo tiene casi cien p谩ginas 鈥攄e hecho, el libro solo tiene seis cap铆tulos鈥� pero podemos pausar en cualquier p谩rrafo sin tener inconvenientes para retomar la lectura m谩s adelante.
En cuanto a los personajes estuvieron muy bien desarrollados, fue sencillo identificarlos y posiblemente estuvieron basados en personas reales que vivieron en aquellos tiempos. Son personajes que aunque crecieron con otras costumbres y son muy diferentes a nosotros en todos los sentidos, en el fondo buscan lo mismo que cualquier persona de cualquier 茅poca: Encontrar su destino e intentar sobrevivir. Eso s铆, a pesar del gran trabajo del autor, no logr茅 simpatizar con ning煤n personaje; esto, aunque su inocencia en la etapa de la adolescencia nos exhibe una bonita historia de amor. Mi desagrado hacia ellos fue porque se convirtieron en personajes muy t贸xicos, vac铆os y urgidos de compa帽铆a cuando crecieron. Claramente las personas cambian, pero cuando eres feliz con ciertas personas y notas en ellas luz, afecto y amor, pero luego de un tiempo sientes que han desaparecido esas caracter铆sticas, entonces empiezas a percibir un rechazo natural hacia ellos porque sabes que est谩s ante un desconocido, y no ante el ser por el cual sentiste en el pasado cari帽o. Aclaro, no me simpatizaron los personajes, pero est谩n muy bien desarrollados.
Otra contradicci贸n que sent铆 con esta lectura, es que cre铆 que el argumento ser铆a distinto. Por el nombre de la n贸vela, imaginaba una historia de amor dram谩tica y dolorosa entre dos enfermos de c贸lera que sufr铆an por su condici贸n y sab铆an que morir铆an, pero a pesar de su estado intentaban ser felices por todos los medios: Lo s茅, esperaba una historia quiz谩s apasionada y muy cursi. Sin embargo, despu茅s de finalizar me alegra que el libro no haya tratado sobre lo que supon铆a, y por cierto, este t铆tulo, es el mejor que pudo tener esta novela porque el c贸lera no hace referencia al estado de los protagonistas, hace referencia a la 茅poca en donde hist贸ricamente se sit煤a esta aventura. Hasta el t铆tulo fue muy bien pensado.
驴Por qu茅 no le doy las cinco estrellas? Muy sencillo, por culpa del final. En pocas palabras, no me gust贸. Respeto la decisi贸n de Gabo, pero no estoy de acuerdo con el desenlace que nos present贸.
En resumen, un libro denso pero f谩cil de leer, que me ha gustado much铆simo por la prosa del autor y por la diversidad de temas en que Gabo me ha hecho pensar y reflexionar. Es una obra que permanecer谩 en mi memoria y que recodar茅 muy seguramente cada vez que 鈥攅spero鈥� viva una historia de amor. Libro muy recomendado.
February 18, 2021
賳賮爻 毓賲賷賯 亘賯賶 賵賷賱丕 賳亘丿兀.
毓賳丿賲丕 丕禺鬲丕乇 丕賱兀氐丿賯丕亍 丕賱丨購亘 賮賷 夭賲賳 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕 賱鬲賰賵賳 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱噩賲丕毓賷丞 賱賱毓丕卮乇 賲賳 丕賱卮賴乇貙 賱賲 兀爻鬲賵毓亘 丕賱兀賲乇
孬賲 賲乇乇鬲 亘賲乇丕丨賱 丕賱賮賯丿 丕賱禺賲爻丞貙 賮賯丿 卮睾賮 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞貙 兀賵 賮賯丿 丕賱孬賯丞 賮賷 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕氐賱丕
賮賷 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 兀賳賰乇鬲
孬賲 睾囟亘鬲 賵丕鬲卮丕賱鬲 賵丕鬲賴亘丿鬲
孬賲 爻丕賵賲鬲 賵賱賮賷鬲 賵丿賵乇鬲
孬賲 鬲兀賱賲鬲 賮鬲毓賱賲鬲 賮亘賰賷鬲
孬賲 兀匕毓賳鬲 賵賯亘賱鬲
丕賱賯氐丞 賰賱賴丕 鬲賯乇賷亘丕 賲賵噩賵丿丞 毓賱賶 睾賱丕賮 馗賴乇 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 賵丕丨丿 亘賷丨亘 賵丕丨丿丞 丕鬲噩賵夭鬲 睾賷乇賴貙 賮氐丕丨亘賳丕 丕賱毓丕卮賯 賰賰賱 氐丨丕亘賴 丕賱賲睾賮賱賷賳 丕賱賱賷 賮丕賰乇賷賳 賵賲卮 賳丕爻賷賳 賵毓賱賶 丕賱毓賴丿 賲丨丕賮馗賷賳貙 亘賷賮囟賱 賷丨亘賴丕 賱賱兀亘丿貙 丕賱賮丕噩乇 賮丕賰乇 賳賮爻賴 乇賮毓鬲 廿爻賲丕毓賷賱貙 賵賱賰賳 毓賱賶 毓賰爻 兀亘賵 丕賱乇賮丕毓貙 亘胤賱賳丕 賰賱 賷賵賲 亘賷丨亘 賵丕丨丿丞 廿賱賶 兀賳 賷氐賱 丕賱毓丿丿 賱賭622貙 賵賰賱 丿賴 毓賱卮丕賳 賷賳爻賶 賵丕丨丿丞貙 賵亘毓丿 51爻賳丞 賵鬲爻毓丞 兀卮毓乇 賵兀乇亘毓丞 兀賷丕賲貙 賵毓卮丕賳 芦賲丕 丕賱丨購亘 廿賱丕 賱賱丨亘賷亘 丕賱兀賵賱賽禄 亘賷乇賵丨 賱賮賷乇賲賷賳賷丕 丕賱賱賷 夭賵噩賴丕 賱爻丞 賵丕賯毓 毓賱賶 丿賲丕睾賴 賵爻丕賷亘 丕賱丿賳賷丕 賵賲丕丨丿卮 毓丕乇賮賱賴 胤乇賷賯 噩購乇丞 賵賷賯賵賱賴丕: 賲卮 賴賳毓賷丿 丕賱毓購賲乇 賲賳 丕賱兀賵賱 亘賯賶 賵賱丕 廿賷賴 賷丕 賯賲乇責 丿賴 兀賳丕 賯賱亘賷 廿賱賷賰 賲賷丕賱 賵賲丕賮賷卮 睾賷乇賰 毓 丕賱亘丕賱. 賵賰賱丕賲 賲丕 賷丿禺賱卮 匕賲丞 賲乇丕賴賯 亘噩賳賷賴 賵乇亘毓貙 賵亘爻 賰丿賴貙 賴賷 丿賷 丕賱賯氐丞貙 丕賱亘丕賯賷 賰賱賴 爻乇丿.
賵毓賱賶 賲丕 賷亘丿賵 賲丕乇賰賷夭 亘賷賰鬲亘 亘賲亘丿兀:
亘賷賳賲丕 賱爻丕賳 丨丕賱賷 賷賯賵賱:
賵丿賷 賰丕賳鬲 丕賱賱丨馗丞 丕賱賱賷 丕賰鬲卮賮鬲 賮賷賴丕 丌禺乇 丨丕噩丞 賲賲賰賳 兀鬲氐賵乇賴丕貙 廿匕 賮噩兀丞 兀丿乇賰鬲 廿賳賴
賵亘丿兀鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲爻賷胤乇 毓賱賷丕 賵丿丕乇 丨賵丕乇 賵賴賲賷 亘賷賳賷 賵亘賷賳 賲丕乇賰賷夭
亘賲毓噩夭丞 賲丕 賱賲 兀丿乇賰賴丕 亘毓丿貙 兀賳賴賷鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵
兀賲丕 亘丕賱賳爻亘丞 賱賰賵賳賷 賱爻丞 賲亘賴丿賱 丕賱乇丕噩賱 賮丿賴 胤賷卮 卮亘丕亘 毓丕丿賷.
賵丿賵賱 卮賵賷丞 賲賷賲夭 賱賲賳 賯乇兀 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 賲丕賮賷賴丕卮 丨乇賯 毓卮丕賳 賲丕乇賰賷夭 睾賷乇 賯丕亘賱 賱賱丨乇賯 兀氐賱丕貙 丕賱兀賲乇 賵賲丕賮賷賴 兀賳 賲賳 賯乇兀 爻賷賮賴賲 兀賰孬乇.
賵賲賳 賲賵賯毓賷 賴匕丕 兀丨亘 兀賯賵賱 賱賱賰乇丕卮: 賱賵 亘鬲丨亘賷 丕賱毓購賲賯 賵丕賱乇賵賲丕賳爻賷丞 賮兀賳丕 賯乇兀鬲 丕賱丨購亘 賮賷 夭賲賳 丕賱賰賵賱賷乇丕 賵賱賲 兀毓鬲亘乇 賲丕乇賰賷夭 賲賲賱丕貙 賵賱賵 亘鬲丨亘賷 丕賱鬲賮丕賴丞 賮丕賱乇賷冥賷賵 夭賷 賲丕 丕賳鬲賷 卮丕賷賮丞 賰丿賴 賰賱賴 賲賷賲夭貙 賵賱賵 亘鬲丨亘賷 丕賱丕鬲賳賷賳 賮賭兀馗賳 賵丕囟丨 噩丿丕 廿賳賷
i can do both.
January 8, 2008
I feel suspicious about the fact that I didn't fall for this book the way Florentino Ariza fell for Fermina Daza. I am compelled to blame my lack of appreciation on poor reader comprehension rather than GGM'S writing, because only one of us won the nobel prize and I'm pretty sure it wasn't me. However, I'm no idiot either, so I'll at least take the liberty to explain my grievances:
1. As a synesthete, I found Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza's names to be WAY too similar. They look the same; I kept getting them mixed up! I think it was unecessary to pick the two most F, vowel, R, N and Z laden names ever for use in this one story.
2. The narrator kept making very definitive, bold claims that 3 pages later turned out to be completely untrue. For example (not real quotes) "This particular bed-fellow was the closest thing to love that Florentino Ariza ever experienced apart from Fermina Daza." Turn the page, now talking about a brand new lover, "Now, as it turns out, THIS particular bed-fellow was actually the closest things to love that FA experienced apart from FD." Next chapter, another new lover "Okay, SERIOUSLY, this is the one this time"... etc. Similar broken promises were made about various other topics. Perhaps this was done on purpose to demonstrate the fickle nature of life or love or something like that, but for me all it did was make me yell at the pages, scolding the narrator for being a big liar.
3. Florentino Ariza = mid 70's, Young Girl placed in his "care"= 14. It's just not okay. (P.s. She later kills herself because he ruined her life and stole her innocence, and his only reaction to it is that he has a bout of indigestion while lying in bed with the woman he left her for...what a swell guy). P.s. he also kinda kills another woman...the one on whose stomach he writes with red paint and her husband murders her when he sees it.
4. The whole premise of the book is the waiting...FA is waiting to finally be with FD. And when the wait is over, I don't feel like there's any reward. Nothing between them is all that magical...yeah they have fun on the boat, sure the fun is a little subdued because of their age, etc...but ultimately I don't understand what the point of all that waiting was for when he seems to have just about as much a connection with FD as he had with any of the other 621 ladies over the years. I dunno...as I stated in point #2, the ABSOLUTENESS of this book is what really holds it back for me. He says he absolutely loves FD, better than the rest, into eternity...he says this, but the reality is actually quite different. The ending is the same kind of thing...is that boat really going to sail up and down the river FOREVER? No. It's not. So why cheapen it with the gross exaggeration...just say "until we die" or "until somebody makes us stop"... it doesn't sound as cool but it means more.
In summation, it wasn't a horrible book but there were a few things that made it less than perfect. The writing really redeemed it, however, and made the experience pleasurable overall. An example of this is the detail GGM throws in about Urbino drinking chamomile tea, any then rejecting it, saying that it tastes like windows. Everyone is perplexed, thinking he must be crazy. Then they taste it themselves: Yup. Windows.
1. As a synesthete, I found Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza's names to be WAY too similar. They look the same; I kept getting them mixed up! I think it was unecessary to pick the two most F, vowel, R, N and Z laden names ever for use in this one story.
2. The narrator kept making very definitive, bold claims that 3 pages later turned out to be completely untrue. For example (not real quotes) "This particular bed-fellow was the closest thing to love that Florentino Ariza ever experienced apart from Fermina Daza." Turn the page, now talking about a brand new lover, "Now, as it turns out, THIS particular bed-fellow was actually the closest things to love that FA experienced apart from FD." Next chapter, another new lover "Okay, SERIOUSLY, this is the one this time"... etc. Similar broken promises were made about various other topics. Perhaps this was done on purpose to demonstrate the fickle nature of life or love or something like that, but for me all it did was make me yell at the pages, scolding the narrator for being a big liar.
3. Florentino Ariza = mid 70's, Young Girl placed in his "care"= 14. It's just not okay. (P.s. She later kills herself because he ruined her life and stole her innocence, and his only reaction to it is that he has a bout of indigestion while lying in bed with the woman he left her for...what a swell guy). P.s. he also kinda kills another woman...the one on whose stomach he writes with red paint and her husband murders her when he sees it.
4. The whole premise of the book is the waiting...FA is waiting to finally be with FD. And when the wait is over, I don't feel like there's any reward. Nothing between them is all that magical...yeah they have fun on the boat, sure the fun is a little subdued because of their age, etc...but ultimately I don't understand what the point of all that waiting was for when he seems to have just about as much a connection with FD as he had with any of the other 621 ladies over the years. I dunno...as I stated in point #2, the ABSOLUTENESS of this book is what really holds it back for me. He says he absolutely loves FD, better than the rest, into eternity...he says this, but the reality is actually quite different. The ending is the same kind of thing...is that boat really going to sail up and down the river FOREVER? No. It's not. So why cheapen it with the gross exaggeration...just say "until we die" or "until somebody makes us stop"... it doesn't sound as cool but it means more.
In summation, it wasn't a horrible book but there were a few things that made it less than perfect. The writing really redeemed it, however, and made the experience pleasurable overall. An example of this is the detail GGM throws in about Urbino drinking chamomile tea, any then rejecting it, saying that it tastes like windows. Everyone is perplexed, thinking he must be crazy. Then they taste it themselves: Yup. Windows.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 5, 2008
This book contains the most single lines in one work that I wish to lift from their pages and paste around my house so that I may bask in their glory on a daily basis.
Reading other reviews of this text always puzzles me. No, I don't need everyone to love what I love to the extent that I love it, but it just seems that those who detest it have really suffered a failure at literacy. With the risk of further offense, I will state that I believe the culprit is that cute little "Oprah's Book Club." This is not a work on which you stick a celebrity (if that's what she is) seal of approval and then throw in a gym bag or beach bag and sneak some pages in here and there because some famous lady told you that you should. It's serious literature.
And yet hilarious. Marquez shines as a comic genius of irony (the significance of cholera to this book is, itself, genius storytelling) and critical examiner of human relationships. An exploration on love-- love in all forms-- is conducted as thoroughly as if it were a science project. Perhaps this is where Marquez loses the aforementioned displeased readers, who wish to bottle love in a neat definition or notion that closely reflects the love they are experiencing in their own lives. The world is much broader than our silly little individual plights, my friends, and the experience of love changes if you are to ask an old woman, young man, or adolescent girl to define it. Marquez captures each of their stories, and more, and never asks that his reader compare these to their own experience of love, he simply describes them and includes them in Love's definition.
I find the courtship between Fermina and Florentino dazzling and spot-on. Yes, it is obsessive and incredibly fickle, but that is MY experience of adolescent love! I find new love between octogenarians inspiring and heartwarming, because after an entire lifetime, what two other individuals better know themselves and, thus, are able to give themselves entirely to each other? I also wasn't offended (as many are) by Florentino's relationship with the under-age America. Again, Marquez is being exploratory, and he gives no love or relationship safe haven from his literary microscope. He doesn't purport to create "perfect" and "ideal" characters, and how many of us can truly say we "like" our own mates ALL of the time anyway? This isn't "The Notebook," and some of the depicted relationships might come across as unsavory and vile to some of our self-righteous American eyes, but isn't such narrow-mindedness a bad mate for *real* literature anyway?
"Love in the Time of Cholera" is fine literature. Superbly written, beautiful and rich, I see this as nothing short of a masterpiece.
Reading other reviews of this text always puzzles me. No, I don't need everyone to love what I love to the extent that I love it, but it just seems that those who detest it have really suffered a failure at literacy. With the risk of further offense, I will state that I believe the culprit is that cute little "Oprah's Book Club." This is not a work on which you stick a celebrity (if that's what she is) seal of approval and then throw in a gym bag or beach bag and sneak some pages in here and there because some famous lady told you that you should. It's serious literature.
And yet hilarious. Marquez shines as a comic genius of irony (the significance of cholera to this book is, itself, genius storytelling) and critical examiner of human relationships. An exploration on love-- love in all forms-- is conducted as thoroughly as if it were a science project. Perhaps this is where Marquez loses the aforementioned displeased readers, who wish to bottle love in a neat definition or notion that closely reflects the love they are experiencing in their own lives. The world is much broader than our silly little individual plights, my friends, and the experience of love changes if you are to ask an old woman, young man, or adolescent girl to define it. Marquez captures each of their stories, and more, and never asks that his reader compare these to their own experience of love, he simply describes them and includes them in Love's definition.
I find the courtship between Fermina and Florentino dazzling and spot-on. Yes, it is obsessive and incredibly fickle, but that is MY experience of adolescent love! I find new love between octogenarians inspiring and heartwarming, because after an entire lifetime, what two other individuals better know themselves and, thus, are able to give themselves entirely to each other? I also wasn't offended (as many are) by Florentino's relationship with the under-age America. Again, Marquez is being exploratory, and he gives no love or relationship safe haven from his literary microscope. He doesn't purport to create "perfect" and "ideal" characters, and how many of us can truly say we "like" our own mates ALL of the time anyway? This isn't "The Notebook," and some of the depicted relationships might come across as unsavory and vile to some of our self-righteous American eyes, but isn't such narrow-mindedness a bad mate for *real* literature anyway?
"Love in the Time of Cholera" is fine literature. Superbly written, beautiful and rich, I see this as nothing short of a masterpiece.
December 13, 2023
"Love in the Time of Cholera" is one of those novels whose beauty fits the title.
At the time of its publication in 1985, readers' enthusiasm was in keeping with the prestige of its author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature three years earlier.
The story is set in Colombia from 1870 to 1930, in a port of average importance, Barranquilla, flowing into the Caribbean Sea at the Magdalena River's mouth.
Three riverboats, each with two wheels propelled by a wood-fired boiler, ascend the Magdalena several hundred kilometers. A natural decoration of postcards if there were no endless civil war and frequent cholera epidemics in the region.
The writer built his novel by adopting an inverted chronology.
The first part describes the last day of a local personality, Dr. Juvenal Urbino, who is eighty-one. Their strength in medical studies in Paris illustrated his comeback to the country through a fierce fight against cholera.
The last hour overflows with activities depicted on a sustained rhythm, alternating the comic of situations and fate; despite a start and a similarly disastrous end, this long introduction often borders on hilarity and constitutes a promising entry.
Fermina, the wife of Dr. Urbino for fifty years, will become the central character of a grand love affair with antiquated romanticism at the death of her husband.
The paternal authority prevented Fermina from fully living their love of youth with a young telegraphist of his age, Florentino Ariza. Yet, despite everything, a three-year inflamed epistolary relationship created a special bond between these two beings.
Fifty-one years, nine months, and four days have passed since Fermina was disregarded, yet the heart of Florentino never stopped fighting for this gracious woman's eyes.
Paradoxically, this melancholy man during this half-century collected no less than six hundred and twenty to two love affairs, women enjoying home very discreetly.
In their seventies, will Fermina and Florentino find the love that once fled them in the late days?
This novel, probably Gabriel Garcia Marquez's most popular and accessible book, is an excellent entry to Latin American literature, whose richness can initially disorient young readers.
A small cruise on the Magdalena in the company of the great Colombian writer would allow you to taste a few more days of summer scenery!
At the time of its publication in 1985, readers' enthusiasm was in keeping with the prestige of its author, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature three years earlier.
The story is set in Colombia from 1870 to 1930, in a port of average importance, Barranquilla, flowing into the Caribbean Sea at the Magdalena River's mouth.
Three riverboats, each with two wheels propelled by a wood-fired boiler, ascend the Magdalena several hundred kilometers. A natural decoration of postcards if there were no endless civil war and frequent cholera epidemics in the region.
The writer built his novel by adopting an inverted chronology.
The first part describes the last day of a local personality, Dr. Juvenal Urbino, who is eighty-one. Their strength in medical studies in Paris illustrated his comeback to the country through a fierce fight against cholera.
The last hour overflows with activities depicted on a sustained rhythm, alternating the comic of situations and fate; despite a start and a similarly disastrous end, this long introduction often borders on hilarity and constitutes a promising entry.
Fermina, the wife of Dr. Urbino for fifty years, will become the central character of a grand love affair with antiquated romanticism at the death of her husband.
The paternal authority prevented Fermina from fully living their love of youth with a young telegraphist of his age, Florentino Ariza. Yet, despite everything, a three-year inflamed epistolary relationship created a special bond between these two beings.
Fifty-one years, nine months, and four days have passed since Fermina was disregarded, yet the heart of Florentino never stopped fighting for this gracious woman's eyes.
Paradoxically, this melancholy man during this half-century collected no less than six hundred and twenty to two love affairs, women enjoying home very discreetly.
In their seventies, will Fermina and Florentino find the love that once fled them in the late days?
This novel, probably Gabriel Garcia Marquez's most popular and accessible book, is an excellent entry to Latin American literature, whose richness can initially disorient young readers.
A small cruise on the Magdalena in the company of the great Colombian writer would allow you to taste a few more days of summer scenery!
July 25, 2019
OK, Marquez is not for me. I wanted to like this book. He has a sort of magical command of words and sometimes I was enthralled by the language and cadence, but I was not charmed by the book and I would not call it a love story. There was little or nothing of love in any of these relationships, and I would go so far as to say that Ariza is a psychopathic sexual deviant and a stalker.
In what world is it an enhancement to character when a 76 year old man sleeps with a 14 year old girl who is in his charge as a guardian? But Marquez describes this as both natural and "love". Not in my world...and when she commits suicide and he knows it is because she is in love with him, it is ludicrous. As well, another prominent character is described as having been raped by a man and then spending her life looking for him because he is the only man who can satisfy her "love". Truly? This is Nobel Prize plot conception?
I know there are many who believe Marquez is a great writer. I have read two of his books and can say with conviction that this will be my last. Every writer is not for every reader. The best thing about this book is its lyrical title, it makes me feel duped.
In what world is it an enhancement to character when a 76 year old man sleeps with a 14 year old girl who is in his charge as a guardian? But Marquez describes this as both natural and "love". Not in my world...and when she commits suicide and he knows it is because she is in love with him, it is ludicrous. As well, another prominent character is described as having been raped by a man and then spending her life looking for him because he is the only man who can satisfy her "love". Truly? This is Nobel Prize plot conception?
I know there are many who believe Marquez is a great writer. I have read two of his books and can say with conviction that this will be my last. Every writer is not for every reader. The best thing about this book is its lyrical title, it makes me feel duped.
January 20, 2019
Ditching his trademark magic realism for something more along the lines of psychological realism, Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 1985 novel is by far and away the best book I have read by him.
With gorgeous, lucent writing, full of brilliant majestic whirls, splendour and humour, and a final few lines that finish off the novel almost perfectly, the Colombian simply excels as a writer, and doesn't drive the reader around the bend with a bucket load of long-winded names like those featured in 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'.
Set mostly in an unnamed coastal Caribbean city, and spanning half a century sometime between 1880 and 1930, the novel is simply about love. A love told through all its ages. Garcia Marquez is said to have fashioned his romantic love triangle on the courtship of his parents, though these years correspond more to the lives of his grandparents. Love in the Time of Cholera shows a decidedly modern sensibility, an urban rather than a rural society, and shows it with less mysticism and more social detail than was deployed in the earlier works, that simply adds up to a novel that is easier to relate to. Gone are the ghosts, the voodoo, and the strange happenings, replaced by an arrow crammed full of love, aimed with pinpoint precision at the heart.
One thing is for sure, Garcia Marquez simply loves his characters, but writes about them with a full understanding of their limitations. In his propensity to write passionately, and even beautifully, about the inner life of a character he ultimately dislikes, his insistence on never sentimentalising his protagonists in such a way as to exceed their place in the world, he is a Marxist, but also a catholic in his conception of what is universal and inherent in character, and in his belief in the human soul. These two convictions fight it out through the narrative, and like everything else in Garcia Marquez, they fight strongly, giving the characters' public and interior lives a deeply-textured, rigid, and precise brilliance.
He writes with much passion about the daily bonds and tensile strength of a marriage. And throughout his novel the question of - 鈥榖ut is it love?鈥� hovers and floats over the meaning of a husband and his wife. The three central characters of Florentino Ariza, Fermina Daza, and Dr Juvenal Urbino are all certainly memorable ones, and Garcia Marquez spends as long as it takes to get across his main theme, writing for nearly a hundred pages about extravagant, innocent, high-pitched, poetic, romantic love, as Florentino Ariza falls head over heels for Fermina Daza one day.
Fermina, the lonely, forlorn girl does becomes a woman of the world. She turns into the bourgeois great lady her father wanted her to be, but its Dr. Juvenal Urbino who takes her hand, whilst Florentino Ariza simply waits, with great patience, spanning year on year on year, for her husband to die, and reclaim the one and only true love of his life.
Out of sheer agony, Florentino becomes a womaniser, saving his all his pure love for Fermina.
He manages to find distraction in an endless series of sordid affairs, great and small, with widows, with a woman who sucks a pacifier, and even with a child that is in his custody. Garcia Marquez and his communal voice judge the single-minded pursuit of love harshly, and his judgement extends to a literature which handles the subject superbly well, without the need to get all soppy. Themes of poverty and of riches run strongly, and he tells us a great deal about the internalised longings born of class inequality, and throws in sub plots, both traditional and idiosyncratic, from the most predictable to the sublime, but they only really flutter around the central characters, giving them the greater importance.
The pace of the narrative works beautifully, and only ever gathered speed as Fermina's father takes her on a long journey to try and make her forget Florentino. During her absence Florentino takes to diving on sunken galleons as a way to take his mine off her. It is Florentino鈥檚 fate to wait for love, and to make the most out of waiting.
The real magic of the novel for me lies in the fact that Garcia Marquez sets up a predictable plot, gets a little fun out of it, before twisting it around, and letting it fall away softly. It is not so much a story of boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back (in this case the girl is now a much older woman) as Garcia Marquez is always stubbornly committed to the voice of the community: individual happiness is not considered an absolute good. So although, in the end, Florentino may seem victorious in old age, his life of devotion was not lived without cost.
With gorgeous, lucent writing, full of brilliant majestic whirls, splendour and humour, and a final few lines that finish off the novel almost perfectly, the Colombian simply excels as a writer, and doesn't drive the reader around the bend with a bucket load of long-winded names like those featured in 'One Hundred Years of Solitude'.
Set mostly in an unnamed coastal Caribbean city, and spanning half a century sometime between 1880 and 1930, the novel is simply about love. A love told through all its ages. Garcia Marquez is said to have fashioned his romantic love triangle on the courtship of his parents, though these years correspond more to the lives of his grandparents. Love in the Time of Cholera shows a decidedly modern sensibility, an urban rather than a rural society, and shows it with less mysticism and more social detail than was deployed in the earlier works, that simply adds up to a novel that is easier to relate to. Gone are the ghosts, the voodoo, and the strange happenings, replaced by an arrow crammed full of love, aimed with pinpoint precision at the heart.
One thing is for sure, Garcia Marquez simply loves his characters, but writes about them with a full understanding of their limitations. In his propensity to write passionately, and even beautifully, about the inner life of a character he ultimately dislikes, his insistence on never sentimentalising his protagonists in such a way as to exceed their place in the world, he is a Marxist, but also a catholic in his conception of what is universal and inherent in character, and in his belief in the human soul. These two convictions fight it out through the narrative, and like everything else in Garcia Marquez, they fight strongly, giving the characters' public and interior lives a deeply-textured, rigid, and precise brilliance.
He writes with much passion about the daily bonds and tensile strength of a marriage. And throughout his novel the question of - 鈥榖ut is it love?鈥� hovers and floats over the meaning of a husband and his wife. The three central characters of Florentino Ariza, Fermina Daza, and Dr Juvenal Urbino are all certainly memorable ones, and Garcia Marquez spends as long as it takes to get across his main theme, writing for nearly a hundred pages about extravagant, innocent, high-pitched, poetic, romantic love, as Florentino Ariza falls head over heels for Fermina Daza one day.
Fermina, the lonely, forlorn girl does becomes a woman of the world. She turns into the bourgeois great lady her father wanted her to be, but its Dr. Juvenal Urbino who takes her hand, whilst Florentino Ariza simply waits, with great patience, spanning year on year on year, for her husband to die, and reclaim the one and only true love of his life.
Out of sheer agony, Florentino becomes a womaniser, saving his all his pure love for Fermina.
He manages to find distraction in an endless series of sordid affairs, great and small, with widows, with a woman who sucks a pacifier, and even with a child that is in his custody. Garcia Marquez and his communal voice judge the single-minded pursuit of love harshly, and his judgement extends to a literature which handles the subject superbly well, without the need to get all soppy. Themes of poverty and of riches run strongly, and he tells us a great deal about the internalised longings born of class inequality, and throws in sub plots, both traditional and idiosyncratic, from the most predictable to the sublime, but they only really flutter around the central characters, giving them the greater importance.
The pace of the narrative works beautifully, and only ever gathered speed as Fermina's father takes her on a long journey to try and make her forget Florentino. During her absence Florentino takes to diving on sunken galleons as a way to take his mine off her. It is Florentino鈥檚 fate to wait for love, and to make the most out of waiting.
The real magic of the novel for me lies in the fact that Garcia Marquez sets up a predictable plot, gets a little fun out of it, before twisting it around, and letting it fall away softly. It is not so much a story of boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back (in this case the girl is now a much older woman) as Garcia Marquez is always stubbornly committed to the voice of the community: individual happiness is not considered an absolute good. So although, in the end, Florentino may seem victorious in old age, his life of devotion was not lived without cost.
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