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 affairs--yet 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.

加西亞•馬爾剋斯（Gabriel García Márquez）

1927年齣生於哥倫比亞馬格達萊納海濱小鎮阿拉卡塔卡。童年與外祖父母一起生活。1936年隨父母遷居蘇剋雷。1947年考入波哥大國立大學。1948年因內戰輟學，進入報界。五十年代開始齣版文學作品。六十年代初移居墨西哥。1967年《百年孤獨》問世。1982年獲諾貝爾文學奬。1985年齣版《霍亂時期的愛情》。

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