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  <title><![CDATA[A Reader's Guide (Continuum Contemporaries): Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera]]></title>
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  <default_description>This is part of a new series of guides to contemporary novels. The aim of the series is to give readers accessible and informative introductions to some of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential novels of recent years - from `The Remains of the Day' to `White Teeth'. A team of contemporary fiction scholars from both sides of the Atlantic has been assembled to provide a thorough and readable analysis of each of the novels in question.</default_description>
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  <original_publication_year type="integer">2003</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>A Reader's Guide (Continuum Contemporaries): Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Love in the Time of Cholera</original_title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Thomas Fahy]]></name>
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  <read_at>Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Aug 03 09:27:01 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Aug 31 08:59:35 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I am not actually reading the guide. This book doesn't come up! <br/><br/>It took a few pages of concentration to get into this book. Once I did, I was hooked. I have never read any Latin American literature and I found this to be a good introduction. There is a magical element that keeps the read...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/65999777">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Oprah.  Darn that Oprah.]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri Mar 14 16:05:39 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book was called one of the best love stories of all time and endorsed by the Oprah Book Club, but I found it empty and about anything but love.  It's a possibility some meaning was lost in the translation from Spanish, so I'll give the author the benefit of a doubt on that note.  All the same, ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17768840">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="55632944">
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    <name><![CDATA[Caitlin]]></name>
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  <date_added>Sun May 10 20:30:10 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun May 10 20:32:10 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[love this book too!! love gabriel garcia marquez.  if you've never read any of his books, and you've never read any maical realism please do! and this is a good place to start. 100 years of solitude might be my favorite of all time book but, it starts off slow. this one is just a huge love story. it...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/55632944">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="11902931">
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    <name><![CDATA[Allison]]></name>
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      <rating>5</rating>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 02 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Jan 07 13:47:17 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Jun 05 22:22:40 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm surprised this site has the reader's guide, but not the book itself.  Regarding the book itself...<br/><br/>I loved it!  The translation was amazing!  I'm not sure if the writing is a result of the original or the translation, but either way it is fantastically written in English.  The imagery...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11902931">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="46914972">
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    <name><![CDATA[Fourthemodicas]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Issaquah, WA]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Thu Feb 19 18:45:47 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Feb 19 18:46:55 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[While I adore Gabriel Marquez's style of prose I was never fully caught up in this story. It seemed to creep along and I never felt fully involved with the characters.]]></body>
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    <review id="62901896">
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    <name><![CDATA[Corinne ]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Huntington, NY]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Fri Jul 10 07:33:43 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jul 10 07:34:22 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Alright I didn't read this but i read LITC which isn't listed in good reads (WTF?) and I hated it.  the fact that I hated it makes me feel like I'm not smart.]]></body>
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    <review id="42540991">
    <user id="1881327">
    <name><![CDATA[Julissa]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[San Francisco, CA]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Feb 10 00:00:00 -0800 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Jan 09 23:29:40 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Jan 09 23:33:38 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[One of my favorite books. Just read the book don't watched the movie, the books it's way better than the movie.]]></body>
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    <review id="32304080">
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    <location><![CDATA[Salt Lake City, UT]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Sun Sep 07 20:35:21 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Sep 07 20:41:31 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I did not like this book. I hated the ending. I think the story could be compared to Wuthering Heights in that the girl marries another guy, the first guy waits his whole life for her... But I didn't like the main character at all. I thought he was immoral and dishonest and didn't deserve her in the...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32304080">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="20487783">
    <user id="237893">
    <name><![CDATA[Cathryn]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Fri Apr 18 15:35:22 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Apr 18 15:36:10 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay, I didn't read the &quot;Reader's Guide&quot; but that's the only thing that would pull up when I wrote the title in.<br/><br/>I love the writing and prose of this book!  It's a translation from the Spanish, so I'm not sure if the word choice seems so interesting because it really is and the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20487783">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="65282664">
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    <name><![CDATA[Lis]]></name>
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  <date_added>Tue Jul 28 11:17:04 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Jul 28 11:17:25 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This isn't the version I read, but this is a wonderful story with vivid detail.]]></body>
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    <review id="17777590">
    <user id="268086">
    <name><![CDATA[Chris]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Fri Mar 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Mar 14 19:09:25 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Mar 14 19:13:26 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I would love to hear from someone who liked this book because I feel like I must have missed something.  I didn't like it AT ALL, and it has received such acclaim, not to mention a Nobel prize.  Maybe things are lost in translation, maybe my expectations were too high as I loved 100 Years of Solitud...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17777590">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="54938573">
    <user id="2261095">
    <name><![CDATA[Vivienne]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brisbane, 04, Australia]]></location>        
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  <date_added>Mon May 04 14:45:33 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon May 04 14:45:51 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Loved it!]]></body>
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    <review id="19347598">
    <user id="1027348">
    <name><![CDATA[Lulu]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Tue Feb 12 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Apr 02 22:15:19 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Apr 02 22:19:02 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read this for our girlsnightoutpdx bookclub and out of the entire group none of us finished it so we just ate awesome sicilian food and talked about men (rule #1 of books clubs, never talk about the book). I just couldn't warm up to the characters and felt like it just dragged on with little hope ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19347598">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="37121284">
    <user id="1157535">
    <name><![CDATA[Melanie]]></name>
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  <date_added>Fri Nov 07 10:36:09 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Nov 23 11:03:25 -0800 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[I thought that perhaps this book was building to an amazing ending. It was not. ]]></body>
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    <review id="22993195">
    <user id="1183208">
    <name><![CDATA[Mailmanr5]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Portage, IN]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1994</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Mon May 26 13:47:57 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is for the novel, not the &quot;reader's guide&quot; as listed.<br/>This was the finest love story I have ever read. There is no substitute for Maequez's prose. It flows beautifully from word to word. He accomplishes the feat of describing a man maddeningly in love with a woman he cannot appro...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22993195">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="17744381">
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    <name><![CDATA[Lillie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[New York, NY]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu Apr 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Mar 14 09:31:40 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Apr 22 11:21:36 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA['Hopeless romantic' doesn't even come close to summing up Florentino Ariza's desperation for love. When I first started reading, I kept thinking...&quot;this would never happen&quot; but the deeper it got, the more convincing his obsession became. The slightest glance from across a church, a faint s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17744381">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="22113448">
    <user id="652015">
    <name><![CDATA[Kelli]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Madison, WI]]></location>        
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  <read_at>Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Fri May 23 14:44:37 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[A well-reknowned author, but just not my style.  There's too much character study for me.  The novel starts out with a lot of action, but it quickly slows down.  I read it as it's the novel my book club chose.  If you are interested in giving this author a try, I'd recommend &quot;Memories of My Mel...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22113448">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="9288300">
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    <name><![CDATA[Ellanor]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[I don't understand all the hype about this book.  I had to force myself to read it and it took several months, but I read every word.  Don't understand how he could have written so many words about one infatuation.  I'm glad I read it.  But again, don't understand the attraction.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I finally gave up.  To be fair, I think I&quot;m at the part where its going to get good, but I just needed to read something else for a while.  I will try to read again, though, because it just gets such great reviews.  So I think it just must be a mood thing for me....]]></body>
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