Key Facts
full title Love in the Time of Cholera
author Gabriel GarcíEscolasticaa Márquez
type of work Novel
genre Fiction, Romance
language Spanish
early 1980's, bogota, colombia and mexico city, mexico
date of first publication 1985
publisher Penguin Books
narrator Omniscient
point of view The narrator is continuously omniscient throughout the entirety of the novel and provides an objective view of each character through sequence of events, dialogue, and description.
tone The narration is written much like poetry; the language is dense and somewhat formal, though it is beautified by lyricism and rich description. Despite its very formal use of language, the poetic tone is often injected with humor.
tense Frequently shifts in tense from present to past; the book begins in the present, and makes references to a yet unknown past, which is explained later on in the book. In explaining the history of the first scenes, the author......
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