Florentino Ariza Has Never Forgotten His First Love. He Has Waited Nearly a Lifetime in Silence Since His Beloved Fermina Married Another Man. No Woman Can Replace Her in His Heart. but Now Her Husband is Dead. Finally - After Fifty-One Years, Nine Months and Four Days - Florentino Has Another Chance to Declare His Eternal Passion and Win Her Back. Will Love That Has Survived Half a Century Remain Unrequited?