... nearly unreal in it's intensity, as is evidenced in a certain instance when he buys a mirror from a restaurant-owner simply because he had spent an hour watching Fermina reflected in the glass.   Florentino's obsessive love for Fermina does not however stop him from leading a life of promiscuity. As he approaches middle age, the distance he has maintained from Fermina Daza both physically ... ...

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