Love in the Time of Cholera (film) until he got the rights. It is the first filming of a García Márquez novel by a Hollywood studio, rather than by Latin American or Italian directors. It is also the first English-language work of Academy Award-nominated Brazilian actress Fernanda Montenegro, who portrays Tránsito Ariza. In late 19th century Cartagena, a river port in Colombia, Florentino Ariza falls in love at first sight with Fermina Daza. They secretly correspond, and she eventually agrees to marry him, but her father discovers their relationship and sends her to stay with distant relatives (mainly her grandmother and niece). When she returns some years
The Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon Man Who Fell in Love with the Moon" was very well received when it was published in 1991. "The Washington Post" called it "amazing" and "dazzlingly accomplished" and "The Oregonian" said the novel "boldly creates a new voice from the Old West." "The New York Times" was equally effusive: "The miracle of the novel is that it obliges us to rethink our whole idea of narration and history and myth." The "Los Angeles Times" found it "brave, original, ribald, funny, <nowiki>[and]</nowiki> heart-rending" and concluded that the book is "as bright as it is dark, full of fictional and philosophical pleasures,