Florentino Ariza has had 622 serious relationships (combo pack with sex) apart from numerous fleeting liaisons before he is able to embrace the only woman whom he loved with all his heart and soul. And that embrace happens “after a long and troubled love affair” that lasted 51 years, 9 months, and 4 days. Florentino is in his late 70s when he is able to behold, and hold as well, the very body of his beloved Fermina, who is just a few years younger than him. She now stands before him with her wrinkled shoulders, sagged breasts, and flabby skin that is as pale and cold as a frog’s. It is the culmination of a long, very long, wait as far as Florentino is concerned, the end of his passionate quest for his holy grail. “I’ve remained a virgin for you,” he says. All those 622 and more women whose details filled the 25 diaries that he kept writing with meticulous devotion have now vanished into thin air. They mean nothing now that he has reached where he longed to reach all his life. The
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Cats are cool, always!
ReplyDeleteBut here I found the lamb near the cat cute.
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ReplyDeleteLovely capture!! :)
ReplyDeleteHa! How lovely. The expression matches the words so perfectly :D
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ReplyDeleteHehe..Liked your caption..and the cat was just as a leader escorting the goats i feel
ReplyDeleteI guess she is wondering if this is too big to attack and eat...
ReplyDeletenice take. like it
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ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful click! The trespassers look so innocent and the cat looks as contemptuous as ever!!
ReplyDeleteNice Click!
ReplyDeleteThe cat is contemplating the "Silence of the Lambs" :D
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ReplyDeleteNice capture. The place look quite exotic!
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