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Memories of My Melancholy Whores

The Autumn of the Patriarch

Strange Pilgrims

News of a Kidnapping

In Evil Hour

The General in His Labyrinth

Leaf Storm

Living to Tell the Tale

I'm Not Here to Give a Speech

Until August

One Hundred Years of Solitude

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

No One Writes to the Colonel

Of Love and Other Demons

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The Scandal of the Century

The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor

Innocent Erendira and Other Stories

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One of this century's most evocative writers

A delight. The interlocking of the stories, the fantastical and obsessional aspects of M&aacute;rquez have never been better shown.

No lover of fiction can fail to respond to the grace of M&aacute;rquez's writing

A love story of astonishing power and delicious comedy

An amazing celebration of the many kinds of love between men and women... among M&aacute;rquez's best fiction

Few have written so passionately about the power of love

'It was inevitable: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the fate of unrequited love.' 
 
Fifty-one years have passed since Fermina rebuffed Florentino and married Juvenal Urbino instead. Swearing his love to her, he lives for the day when he can court her again. When Fermina's husband is killed, Florentino seizes his chance to declare his enduring love. But can young love find new life in the twilight of their lives? 
 
Love in the Time of Cholera is re-issued on Gabriel García Márquez 's birthday to celebrate the publication of his books as ebooks for the first time.

A 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 
 
'An exquisite writer, wise, compassionate and extremely funny' Sunday Telegraph 
 
'An amazing celebration of the many kinds of love between men and women' The Times

Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1927-2014) was a short-story writer, novelist, journalist and a screenwriter from Colombia. He was a reporter for a Colombian newspaper, El Espectador, and also a foreign correspondent stationed in New York, Rome, Paris and Barcelona. Marquez is the author of numerous popular novels and short stories. He is well known for his unique literary style known as magical realism, in which he describes reality through magical events and elements. His most popular novels include Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982.

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One of this century's most evocative writers

A delight. The interlocking of the stories, the fantastical and obsessional aspects of Márquez have never been better shown.

No lover of fiction can fail to respond to the grace of Márquez's writing

A love story of astonishing power and delicious comedy

An amazing celebration of the many kinds of love between men and women... among Márquez's best fiction

Few have written so passionately about the power of love

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