In Love in the Time of Cholera, Florentino Ariza wins back the love of his life after waiting for her widowhood for fifty-one years.
Finally reunited, the couple goes on a boat trip—and to prevent others from coming along, Ariza orders the yellow flag of cholera to be raised.
The ship is barred re-entry into their city, and when asked how long they can keep floating around between ports, Ariza pronounces heroically, "forever." For those of us in love in the time of Corona, the thought of being quarantined with our partner forever has more the makings of a Stephen King novel than that of an epic romance.
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