A beautifully packaged edition of one of García Márquezs most beloved novels, with never-before-seen color illustrations by the Chilean artist Luisa Rivera and an interior design created by the authors son, Gonzalo García Barcha.
In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairsyet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again.