What is the main conflict in Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez?

“Love in the Time of Cholera” is a 1985 Spanish-language novel written by Nobel-prize winning author Gabriel García Márquez. Edith Grossman translated the book into English in 1987. The novel explores the power that love has over lives, often comparing the symptoms of love to illness – specifically, to cholera. Gabriel García Márquez weaves a story that spans over 50 years and involves several lives in order to highlight the aspects of human nature that are universal like love, sexual desire and aging.