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just finished and i didn't understand what's the special about it !!.. can any one explain ??..
Phaedrus Shakespearos It is not a Love Story, it is a satire in a way. Gabriel warns the reader not to fall in his trap. All the characters in the book saw what they wanted…moreIt is not a Love Story, it is a satire in a way. Gabriel warns the reader not to fall in his trap. All the characters in the book saw what they wanted to see, for instance, Fermentina and her boy share no face time to speak of yet profess undying love. In the end at old age she knows nothing about him and his failings yet fall in love and live happily ever after in their old age...their aged yet shallow superficial make believe world. The true love in the story was in the beginning...the photographer and the island girl of his youth...she could never have him fully yet loved every part of him and he with her. There was no motives in thier love.....no kids, no marriage, money...nothing.

Cholera...or Choleric, (a sickness)..Fermentina...of little fermentation......he drops clues like bread crumbs.

The beauty of the book is the ruse itself.(less)
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