Love in a Time of Cholera raises the question:
Why is Florentino such a successful lover?
At some point towards the end of the film, Florentino is asked by another man, how he has come to be so successful in attracting the attentions of conquests. He remarks that he has just logged Conquest No 622 (as I recall) in his LBB (little black book).
He also says something to the effect that women are drawn irresistibly to him because of the deep dark hole his unrequited love for Fermina has left inside him.
I find this a profound insight, at least one cause for so many affairs, break-ups, (ONS) one-night-stands, swinging encounters, whatever...
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