El amor en los tiempos del Colera
Price: $600.00
Hard Cover. Bogota: Editorial Oveja Negra, 1985. First Trade Edition. Near Fine / Dust Jacket Included.
First trade edition, first printing. Publisher’s yellow cloth, spine lettered in black; in the original yellow dust jacket lettered in black on front panel and a halftone photograph of Márquez on rear panel. Near fine book, with head of spine lightly worn, and a touch of rubbing to corners, with a couple of small ink marks to fore edge of pp. 447-451; very good dust jacket, with some wear and creasing to extremities, spine slightly sunned. Overall, a sharp and bright copy. El amor en los tiempos del cólera (Love in the Time of Cholera) focuses on the relationship of three members of a love triangle over the course of time. Based on the author's parents' relationship, the plot is divided into six parts, with two sections each for the three main stages of life: youth, adulthood, and old age. This first trade edition was preceded only by advanced printing of 1,000 special edition copies signed by Márquez, the proceeds of which were donated to the survivors of the 1985 Armero Tragedy in Colombia. During this catastrophic event, over 20,000 people died in the eruption of the volcano Nevado del Ruiz, including the majority of the population of Armero, a city built on the hardened remains of an earlier eruption. Márquez, a Colombian nationalist and political activist, was living outside of the country at the time of tragedy, having fled government persecution for his support of a radical military group. Although he did not return when he was invited back in 1982, Márquez never gave up his effort to improve the political climate and quality of life in Colombia. Item #GGM057
