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,
The Wilder Shores of Love Chamberet, is titled "Lesley Blanch: On the Wilder Shores of Love" in homage to the novel. The Wilder Shores of Love The Wilder Shores of Love is a 1954 impressionistic novel by British novelist Lesley Blanch. It is her most famous novel. The novel tells the story of four British Women who leave Europe for adventures and romance in the Middle East. Contemporary reviews of the novel focused on its artistic style and "colourful" plot. The title of the novel has inspired subsequent works. Blanch created a book of travel writings title "From Wilder Shores: The Tables of My Travels"