Lovesickness: "Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 03:24:45
Category: / Social Sciences / Psychology
Length: 3 pages (898 words)
Category: / Social Sciences / Psychology
Length: 3 pages (898 words)
Written by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the novel "Love in the Time of Cholera" deals with a passionate man's unfulfilled love and his quest of more than 50 years to win the heart of his true love. It's without question one of the most emotional depictions of love, but what separates it from similar novels is its suggestion that lovesickness is a literal disease, a plague comparable to cholera.
The novel's main character is Florentino Ariza, an …
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…be left in the ship. In truth, there is no case of cholera in the ship but the announcement is not completely false because Florentino has been infected by an unrequited love for Fermina for more than half a century. His relentless passion has plagued him as cholera had plagued other people.
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel. Love In the Time Of Cholera. (New York: Penguin, 1989), 65.
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