Books in the Genre Novels (J-O)
List of recommended books of the genre novels, with author and brief synopsis of each book.
(arranged alphabetically)
Featured books for the genre Novels (J-O)
Book: Love in the Time of Cholera
Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Description: "Love in the Time of Cholera" is a novel that masterfully presents a passionate and tragic love story that reveals the complexities of love over time, while offering us a deep and moving vision of human relationships.
The narrative focuses on Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza, a beautiful young woman from high society, who fall in love as teenagers. However, despite this mutual love, the young girl decides to marry Dr. Juvenal Urbino, a respected and wealthy doctor.
However,... (keep reading...)
Book: No One Writes to the Colonel
Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Description: The work No One Writes to the Colonel narrates the daily routine of an unnamed military man, a veteran of the last civil war, who has been waiting in vain for fifteen years for the official confirmation of the pension that corresponds to him.
The colonel and his wife, who suffers from asthma, share an existence of extreme poverty, facing daily misery, disdain, and neglect; while they anxiously await the arrival of an official letter that responds to their rightful claim for the rights earned through... (keep reading...)