"Love in the Time of Cholera" is one of the masterpieces of Colombian writer García Márquez, published in 1985, known as "the greatest love in the world**" This ** tells a love story that spans more than half a century: Florentino Arisa and Fermina Daza fell in love in their youth, but separated for various reasons, Fermina married Doctor Urbino, and Florentino filled his emptiness with countless romances. It wasn't until Dr. Urbino's death that Florentino confessed to Fermina again, and the two finally regained their love in old age. This ** not only shows the various possibilities and ways of love, but also reflects the history, culture and reality of Latin American society.
After reading this **, I have the following feelings: The style of this ** is magical realism, and the author uses fantastic and real brushstrokes to create a unique and rich literary world, so that readers can feel a sense of beauty and imagination beyond reality. For example, the author describes a parrot that can predict the future, a riverboat that can fly on the water, a rain that can last for four years, eleven months and four days, and so on. These bizarre scenes and details make **full of mystery and poetry, and also add depth and meaning to**.
The theme of this ** is love, and the author shows the diversity and complexity of love, making readers think about what true love is. The love between Florentino and Fermina goes through three phases: passion and romance in adolescence, separation and pain in middle age, reunion and happiness in old age. Their love is both innocent and beautiful, but also tribulation and frustration, both loyalty and perseverance, but also betrayal and indulgence. Their love is not an idealized state, but a real and dynamic process. They eventually come together, not because they have a flawless love, but because they are able to accept each other's imperfections and cherish each other's company.
This **is also a society**, and the author reflects the changes and problems of Latin American society through love stories. The author describes social phenomena such as cholera, war, violence, poverty, corruption, and discrimination, and shows the suffering and struggle of Latin American people. The author also describes the characteristics and charm of Latin American culture, showing the enthusiasm and creativity of the Latin American people. The author uses his deep understanding and critical concern for Latin American society to present readers with a vivid and real picture of Latin America.
Love in the Time of Cholera is a classic that is worth reading again and again, it made me feel the power and beauty of love, and also made me understand the history and current situation of Latin American society. This ** is not only a love**, but also a human **, it tells the joys and sorrows of human beings, the glory and disgrace of life and death, hope and despair. It is a ** that makes people move and think, and it is also a ** that makes people appreciate and admire.
Márquez's biography
Márquez is a well-known Colombian writer, journalist and social activist who is a representative of Latin American magical realist literature and one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. His representative works include "One Hundred Years of Solitude", "Love in the Time of Cholera", "A Pre-publicized ** Case" and so on. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982 and is known as the "Father of Latin American Literature".
Márquez was born on March 6, 1927, in the city of Aracataca, in northern Colombia, the son of a wealthy family. He spent his childhood at his maternal grandfather's house, influenced by his maternal grandfather's military experience and the myths and legends of his maternal grandmother. He loved to read since he was a child, especially in collections of stories such as One Thousand and One Nights.
In 1940, Márquez moved to the capital, Bogotá, and in 1947 he entered the University of Bogotá to study Xi law and began to write literature. During his university years, Márquez read the poetry of the Spanish era, as well as the works of Daniel Defoe, Franz Kafka, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, and others, which laid the foundation for his later literary creation.
In 1948, Márquez dropped out of school due to the Colombian Civil War and soon entered the press as a reporter for the newspaper Observer. In 1955, he was forced to leave Colombia to work as a European correspondent for the newspaper Observer. In the same year, he published his first novel, Withered Leaves, after seven years of finding someone willing to publish it.
In 1958, Márquez married his long-time lover Melced, and in 1959 he was invited to participate in the celebration of the victory of the Cuban Revolution and worked for the Latin news agency led by Che Guevara. From 1961 to 1967, Márquez lived in Mexico, where he worked as a journalist, publicist, scriptwriter for films, and continued to write.
Immediately after its publication in 1967, One Hundred Years of Solitude was hailed as a masterpiece by critics, translated into many languages, won him various prizes, and allowed Márquez to devote himself to writing. This ** tells the rise and fall, honor and disgrace, love and hate, blessings and misfortunes of seven generations of the Buendía family in a hundred years. It covers all aspects of social and family life. His style is unique and is recognized as one of the most representative works of magical realism.
In 1972, Márquez published an extraordinary collection of short stories, "An Unbelievably Tragic Story – Innocent Elendilla and the Cruel Grandmother". In 1975, he published The Autumn of the Patriarchs, a long story about a **person**, and it took Márquez a long time to finish it. In the same year, he staged a literary strike for the coup d'état in Chile and put his pen on hold for five years.
In 1982, Márquez won the Nobel Prize for Literature, becoming the fourth Latin American writer to receive this honor. At the award ceremony, he delivered a speech entitled "Loneliness in Latin America and Europe", which elaborated on the history, culture and reality of the Latin American peoples.
In 1985, "Love in the Time of Cholera" was published, which Márquez called "an old-fashioned happy love story". This ** tells a love story that spans more than half a century: the hero and heroine fail to marry at the age of twenty because they are too young;After all the twists and turns of life, at the age of eighty, they still couldn't get married because they were too old. In a span of fifty years, the author shows all the possibilities of love, all the ways of love.
In 1989, Márquez published The General in the Labyrinth, a film about the life of Simón Bolívar, the liberator of South America.
In 1992, he published The Strange Pilgrim, a collection of twelve short stories**, all about Latinos living in Europe.
In 1994, he published "About Love and Other Demons", a book about the forbidden love between a young girl who is believed to be possessed by the devil and a priest.
In 1996, Márquez published Kidnapping News, a reportage based on real events that described the process and results of the kidnapping of ten celebrities by Colombian drug cartels. In 2002, Márquez published Live to Tell, a collection of autobiographical essays that recalls his life experiences from childhood to 1955.
In 2004, Márquez published My Melancholy Ghost, a film about the unusual friendship between an old writer and a teenage girl. It was also his last published book.
In 2009, Márquez published "I Won't Write Again," a book about his conversations with literature, politics, friendship, love, and more. It was also his last published work.
On April 17, 2014, Márquez died of pneumonia in Mexico City at the age of 87.
Márquez is a great and prolific writer who has created a unique and rich literary world with magical and authentic strokes, showcasing the history, culture, and spirit of the people of Latin America. He has influenced not only countless readers and writers, but also world literature and thought. He is known as the "Father of Latin American Literature".
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