M谩rquez's 1985 novel "Love in the Time of Cholera" follows the story of Florentino Ariza, a man who conducts many love affairs with women. A woman named Fermina Daza falls in love with Florentino when she is young and 鈥 despite her marriage to a medical doctor devoted to "order and progress" 鈥 Florentino and Fermina continue to meet periodically throughout their lives.
