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Novel Resources
"Poets and beggars, musicians and prophets, warriors and scoundrels, all creatures of that unbridled reality, we have had to ask but little of imagination, for our crucial problem has been a lack of conventional means to render our lives believable. This, my friends, is the crux of our solitude." –Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Character Guide is a ridiculously ugly graphic representation of the characters in the novel.
The Wikipedia Entry for Love in the Time of Cholera could certainly use your assistance to become a better resource for future students.
The Penguin Reading Guide for the Novel is actually a reasonably detailed summary of the book, exploring major themes, raising discussion questions, and suggesting related texts.
Quotes from the Novel If you are looking for that perfect passage for an essay, this is the spot.
Really Brief Summary, Chapter by Chapter. If you are desperate, visit here.
Book Reviews
“Nobody deserves your tears, but whoever deserves them will not make you cry.”-Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Magic of Love in the Time of Cholera by Algis Valiunas
"The Heart's Eternal Vow": A Review by Thomas Pynchon
Other Information About Marquez
"Even so, any attempt to interpret one part of the world using the criteria of another is bound to lead to terrible misunderstandings, and can only entrap people more deeply in alienation, solitude and isolation".–Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Biography of Gabriel Garcia Marquez "The uncertain old man whose real existence was the simplest of his enigmas…"
Nobel Prize Lecture — "for his novels and short stories, in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined in a richly composed world of imagination, reflecting a continent's life and conflicts".
"Shipwrecked" — Marquez writes about the experience of Elian Gonzalez in the United States.
Art Inspired by Gabriel Garcia Marquez — a collection of art, created by Colombian artist Claudia Ruiz, celebrating music in the novels and short stories of Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
An Interview with GGM, in which he discusses his writing, the cultural of Central America, and his writing.
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Background Resources
"I must try and break through the cliches about Latin America. Superpowers and other outsiders have fought over us for centuries in ways that have nothing to do with our problems. In reality we are all alone." –Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Magical Realism — A brief examination of Magical Realism and GGM.
Voyage to the Village— An excellent site devoted to exploring modern magical realism.
"The Love-Dream of a Prodigious Sleeper"–Richard Eder argues that the book is an example of GGM's magical realism.
Sick City — A detailed look at cholera and the dangers it presented before sanitation.
Mr. Pogreba's Introductory Notes on Reader Response Criticism
Reader Response Criticism — A solid explanation of the meaning of Reader Response Criticism.
Introduction to Reader Response Criticism — A simpler summary of Reader Response.
Essay Prompt: Tone in Love in The Time of Cholera — The tone essay prompt, with supporting notes and reading.
"Mementos Mon," a review by Jean Franco that nicely captures the use of tone in the novel.
Review Material
“Ultimately, literature is nothing but carpentry. With both you are working with reality, a material just as hard as wood.”–Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Spark Notes on Love in the Time of Cholera –pretty basic stuff here, with analysis that is mostly superficial.
Random House Reading Guide Questions — –critical questions about the novel.
LITC Review Questions — A comprehensive set of questions for review of the novel.
Great Books Foundation Summary and Discussion Questions
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