Love in The Time of Cholera

A man with the soul of a poet and the patience of a saint, Florentino Ariza has waited more than half a century for the beautiful and haughty Fermina Daza, who revoked her promise to be his wife and instead married the wealthy Dr. Juvenal Urbino. Florentino Ariza's unrequited love survives fifty-one years, nine months, and four days, a time filled with encounters and travels, births, deaths, and poetry. As Fermina Daza and Dr. Urbino build a life together, Florentino Ariza creates his own life, remaining loyal to Fermina in his heart while succumbing to 622 "long-term liaisons". But it is only when Dr. Urbino finally dies that Florentino Ariza's life really begins. (text from the backcover)