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SSF Book Club Discussion Guide for 'Love in the Time of Cholera' by Gabriel García Márquez, Study notes of Literature
A discussion guide for the SSF Book Club's meeting in June 2021, where they will be discussing Gabriel García Márquez's novel 'Love in the Time of Cholera'. The guide includes discussion questions, book reviews, author interviews, and related resources. The questions cover various themes such as the effects of love and cholera, the distinction between 'high' and 'low' literature, and the characters' attitudes towards life and death.
What you will learn
- Do Fermina and Dr. Urbino succeed at 'inventing true love'?
- Why is Fermina eventually won over by Florentino?
- Why does a change in Florentino's writing style make Fermina more receptive to him?
- Why does García Márquez use similar terms to describe the effects of love and cholera?
- What does Florentino mean when he tells Fermina, 'I've remained a virgin for you'?
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BOOK
CLUB
SSF PUBLIC LIBRARY
3rd Tuesday | 6 PM Monthly Meetings Via Zoom - call in on your phone or access from your computer or device S S F. N E T / L I B R A R Y
BOOK
CLUB
DISCUSSION GUIDES
Book Reviews
The New York Times
Kirkus
Publishers Weekly
The Paris Review
VQR Journal
The Harvard Advocate
Author Interviews
SSF Book Club
June 2021
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez: Go Beyond the Book
Why does García Márquez use similar
terms to describe the effects of love and
cholera?
Plagues figure prominently in many of
García Márquez's novels. How are the
symptoms of love equated in the novel
with the symptoms of cholera? What
literal and metaphoric functions does the
cholera plague serve in this novel? How
does it change the characters' attitudes
toward life? What light does it shed on
Latin American society in the nineteenth
century?
Discussion Questions
June 2021
Love in the Time of Cholera
What does Florentino's uncle mean when he says, "without river navigation there is no love" (p. 168)? Why is Leona Cassiani "the true woman in [Florentino's] life although neither of them ever knew it and they never made love" (p. 182)? Why does Florentino tell each of his lovers that she is the only one he has had? What does Florentino mean when he tells Fermina, before they make love for the first time, "I've remained a virgin for you" (p. 339)? After rejecting Florentino's declaration of love following her husband's funeral, why is Fermina eventually won over by him?
Discussion Questions
June 2021
Love in the Time of Cholera
What does the conflict between Dr. Juvenal Urbino and Florentino Ariza reveal about the customs of Europe and the ways of Caribbean life? How is Fermina Daza torn between the two cultures, as well as the two men? Set against the backdrop of recurring civil wars and cholera epidemics, the novel explores death and decay, as well as love. How does Dr. Urbino's refusal to grow old gracefully affect the other two characters? What does it say about fulfillment and beauty in their society? Does the fear of aging or death change Florentino Ariza's feelings for Fermina Daza? Compare the suicide of Jeremiah de Saint-Amour at the beginning of the book with that of Florentino's former lover, América Vicuña at the end. How do their motives differ? Why does the author frame the book with these two events? Questions from https://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/reading-questions-for- love-in-the-time-of-cholera-by- gabriel#:~:text=How%20are%20the%20symptoms%20of,society %20in%20the%20nineteenth%20century%3F
Discussion Questions
June 2021
Love in the Time of Cholera