Love in the Time of Cholera half century between 1880 and 1930. The city's "steamy and sleepy streets, rat-infested sewers, old slave quarter, decaying colonial architecture, and multifarious inhabitants" are mentioned variously in the text and mingle amid the lives of the characters. Locations within the story include: Some critics choose to consider "Love in the Time of Cholera" as a sentimental story about the enduring power of true love. Others criticize this opinion as being too simple. García Márquez himself said in an interview, "you have to be careful not to fall into my trap." This is manifested by Ariza's excessively romantic attitude toward life,
Love in the Time of Foreclosure kind of humor and personal insight that challenges the fierce attachment that we have to bricks and boards, and she leads us to a new understanding of what's really important as 'home.'" Walkers currently lives in Chicago with her husband and their son. She is also a playwright with several produced works, including "The Car Plays" at Moving Arts/Radar in Los Angeles earlier this year. Her play, "American Home", a recounting of the impact of foreclosures on America, was recently named winner of Chicago's American Blues Theater's Blue Ink Award for Playwriting. Love in the Time of Foreclosure Love in