She stood at the door of her son’s room-

At the very threshold of what was his.

He might as well have been there with her;

Slouching, as he always did,

The Anatomy of Love.

Book - Love in the time of Cholera

Author - Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Translator - Edith Grossman

A Timeless love story connecting with any generations. The perfect interpretation and dissection of love at various stages of our lives is represented through the story of two lovers Florentino and Fermina.

Florentino, a love's creature, and Fermina are madly in love as teenagers. Their romance continues secretly through exchange of letters and telegrams without knowing each others faces. In due course of time, their love is forbidden by Fermina’s father, who is determined to stop this at any cost. He arranges everything and leaves the town with Fermina. They keep the passionate love affair alive through occasional exchange of letters. Her voyage through many places broadens her mind and after her return she rejects Florentino considering this as an illusion of her childish mind. She simply tells him to “forget it,” demands that he return her letters and gifts, and promptly decides to forget he ever existed. This becomes an agonizing setback for Florentino.