Florentino Ariza has never forgotten his first love. He has waited nearly a lifetime in silence since his beloved Fermina married another man. No woman can replace her in his heart.
But now her husband is dead. Finally - after fifty-one years, nine months and four days - Florentino has another chance to declare his eternal passion and win her back. Will love that has survived half a century remain unrequited?
- ISBN10 0141037458
- ISBN13 9780141037455
- Publish Date 1 September 2008 (first published 12 March 1988)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 28 January 2010
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 432
- Language English