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As her next book club selection, Oprah Winfrey has chosen “Love in the Time of Cholera,” a love story by Nobel laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez. “He’s truly one of our greatest living literary giants,” Winfrey said.

“If you love ‘love,’ this book is the best love story ever,” Winfrey said on her show.

Published in 1985, the novel will now certainly skyrocket up the bestseller lists. Garcia Marquez, 80, won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1982. “Love in the Time of Cholera” is set on the Caribbean coast of South America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It tells the tale of a woman and two men, and an unrequited love that spans 50 years.

“It is so beautifully written that it really takes you to another place in time and will make you ask yourself how long could you or would you wait for love,” Winfrey said.

This is the second time he has been selected for Oprah’s book club. “One Hundred Years of Solitude,” was a selection in 2004

A film adaptation of “Love in the Time of Cholera” is scheduled for November release. “If you’re like me, you’ll want to read the book before you see the movie,” Winfrey said.