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Love in the Time of Cholera

Gabriel Arcadio Márquez's classic novel weaves a tale of passion, loyalty, and the passage of time. The story follows the tumultuous relationship between Fermina Daza and Florentino Ariza, spanning over half a century and several love affairs. Set against the backdrop of the Cholera epidemic in Latin America during the 19th century, the novel delves into themes of love, loss, and the human condition. more

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“Tout juste si - dans la ligne de mire -, baisers linguae of course, in puris naturalibus, illico presto, cela va de soi, décubitus dorsal, décubitus ventral, ipso facto, elle, lui et réciproquement un temps à géométrie variable, coïtus ininterrompus, un temps à géométrie variable, post coïtus, cigarette. Détente soporifique, sommeil enfin, sommeil. Un temps de porosité douce dans les parages d'Anastasie. Et réciproquement. L'indifférenciation, elle, lui. Ici, plus de mort. Ou la mort. Le bouquet final d'une exténuation de guerre. Elle, lui. Carpe diem. C'est dimanche. Le rituel surferait sur le latin des pages roses.”

“It's good - the sex has always been good - but it isn't right. It doesn't set off alarm bells in my head, sure, but it doesn't send goose bumps across my skin, either. It doesn't make my chest ache so deliciously I'm nearly breathless. I don't feel urgent, or desperate, or too hot in my own skin because I'm so hungry for him. And in a tight gasp that Sean reads as pleasure, I worry that Elliot is right and I'm wrong and - like always - he's taking care of both of our hearts while I flop around, trying to figure it all out.”