Love in the Time of Cholera the reader is reminded repeatedly of his more sinister exploits. The novel examines romantic love in myriad forms, both "ideal" and "depraved", and continually forces the reader to question such ready-made characterizations by introducing elements antithetical to these facile judgments. García Márquez's main notion is that lovesickness is literally an illness, a disease comparable to cholera. Florentino suffers from this just as he might suffer from any malady. At one point, he conflates his physical pain with his amorous pain when he vomits after eating flowers in order to imbibe Fermina's scent. In the final chapter, the Captain's declaration of
A Spy in the House of Love A Spy in the House of Love A Spy in the House of Love is a novel by Anaïs Nin published in 1954. Alongside her other novels, "Ladders to Fire", "Children of the Albatross", "The Four-Chambered Heart" and "Seduction of the Minotaur", which were all first published in the United States between the 1940s and 1960s, "A Spy in the House of Love" was gathered into a collection of her novels known as "Cities of the Interior". The novel follows the character of Sabina; a woman who dares to enjoy the sexual licence that men have always known. Wearing extravagant