"'A love story of astonishing power.'
- Newsweek
Nobel prize winner Gabriel García Márquez tells a tale of an unrequited love.
In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career, he whiles away the years in 622 affairs—yet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again."
(A special thank you to book club member, Ester Elbert for the suggestion.)