Publication Date
2020
Abstract
A famous novel by Gabriel Garcia Mdrquez describes a love story among three actors that took place in a city in Colombia during the time of cholera. The interpersonal dynamics that unfold in this work by a Nobel Prize winning writer offer insight into events taking place today. We show how the urge to romanticize emotions during a time of great social stress, as well as the desire to cleave to a strong leader, explain events in Garcia Mirquez's mythical country, as well as in ours today. We draw conclusions about how citizens should respond to Donald J. Trump's unloving policies toward immigrants, bus drivers, and line workers in meat- packing plants, and suggest approaches for readers weighing their vote in the next election.
Recommended Citation
Richard Delgado & Jean Stefancic,
Love in the Time of Cholera,
68
UCLA L. Rev. Discourse
176
(2020).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.ua.edu/fac_essays/205