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Book SynopsisA CLASSIC STORY OF ENDURING LOVE FROM THE NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR
''One of the greatest love stories I have ever read'' Oprah, featured in Oprah''s Book Club
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''It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love''
Fifty-one years, nine months and four days have passed since Fermina Daza rebuffed hopeless romantic Florentino Ariza''s impassioned advances and married Dr Juvenal Urbino instead. During that half-century, Flornetino has fallen into the arms of many delighted women, but has loved none but Fermina.
When Fermina''s husband is killed trying to retrieve his pet parrot from a mango tree, Florentino seizes his chance to declare his enduring love. But can young love find new life in the twilight of their lives?
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''The most important writer of fiction in any language'' Bill Clinton
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One of this century's most evocative writers * Anne Tyler *
A delight. The interlocking of the stories, the fantastical and obsessional aspects of Márquez have never been better shown. * Melvyn Bragg *
No lover of fiction can fail to respond to the grace of Márquez's writing * Sunday Telegraph *
A love story of astonishing power and delicious comedy * Newsweek *
An amazing celebration of the many kinds of love between men and women... among Márquez's best fiction * The Times *
Few have written so passionately about the power of love * Independent *
No lover of fiction can fail to respond to the grace of Márquez's writing * Sunday Telegraph *
A love story of astonishing power and delicious comedy * Newsweek *
An amazing celebration of the many kinds of love between men and women... among Márquez's best fiction * The Times *
A delight. The interlocking of the stories, the fantastical and obsessional aspects of Márquez have never been better shown. * Melvyn Bragg *
Few have written so passionately about the power of love * Independent *
