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Love in the Time of Cholera is a Spanish novel written by Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez. The English translation is written by Alfred A. Knopf. I have been meaning to read this book for ages and finally started reading it a couple of days back. I am halfway done, and I have to say, if it were upto me I would have called it “Death in the Time of Cholera”; too many people die way too soon!! Either way, I sort of like the book; it doesn’t have too much sorrow or the depressing things I was expecting. It has a tinge of humour to it, and the language is beautiful!
A long time ago, on a deserted beach in Haiti where the two of them lay naked after love, Jeremiah de Saint Amour had sighed: “I will never be old.” She interpreted this as a heroic determination to struggle without quarter against the ravages of time, but he was more specific: he had made the irrevocable decision to take his own life when he was seventy years old.
Tabula Rasa 
Wow.. powerful stuff.
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I love Gabriel Garcia Marquez. My favorite is One Hundred Years of Solitude. Great teaser. If you get a chance, mine is here.
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I have read this and also One Hundred years of solitude.I sort of liked this book especially the ending.
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Wow… one of my favorites..
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@Julie, Ya, so many people recommended me One Hundred Years Of Solitude as well! I'll read it after this one!
@Abhinav, don't tell me the ending! But now you've made me curious to know!!
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I've been very curious about this one…I'll be watching for the review.
Thanks for visiting my blog.
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Totally not related to anything, but did you name your blog Tabula Rasa after the Buffy the Vampire Slayer episode? Cuz that's my favorite TV show ever and I intend to have a "Tabula Rasa" tattoo some day 😉
I've heard great things about Love in the Time of Cholera, but haven't ever picked it up. Glad to hear you're enjoying it!
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@Crystal – Princess Of Pop Culture – First time anyone's guessed that right!! That's where it's from, yes! I absolutely LOVE BtVS! That's a great episode, right 🙂
Thanks!
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@Priya – BtVS is pretty much always on my mind, lol. So if I see a phrase that I associate with it, I always assume it's about Buffy and then I'm so disappointed when it's not! Such a great episode, one of my favorites from that season 🙂
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^I know what you mean! And I kinda hate is when someone calls it 'just another show about vampires'! Lol yes, Buffy is very quotable! That season had some pretty great episodes! 🙂
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A good teaser. I have heard a lot about this one, but have not (yet) read it. Thanks for visiting!
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Great tease, I haven't seen this one so thanks for sharing. Thanks for stopping by my blog!
Here's my Teaser Tuesday from Dreamland by Sarah Dessen. Happy reading, Jen
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Very stirring, and obviously the voice of youth.
🙂
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