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When Oprah “love, love, LOOOOOOOOOVES“ a book, so do millions of housewives around the U.S. So we are expecting there to be a newfound interest in Latin American literature among certain sectors of the population now that Ms. Winfrey has declared Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Love in the Time of Cholera as her latest Oprah Book Club pick:

“This is one of the greatest love stories I have ever read. It’s a captivating story about a passionate but troubled love affair that takes place over the course of 50 years,” Oprah wrote on her Web site after announcing the selection on her daytime talk show.

“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?”

I can almost hear Oprah saying that last line, her hypnotic voice leading the Anglo women of America to their local Barnes and Noble for a copy.

To her credit, this isn’t Oprah’s first Garcia Marquez “discovery”: she also included 100 Years of Solitude as a Book Club pick in 2004. But the Cholera pick is pure PR and marketing, as the movie version of the book is set to premiere next month.

Via / Yahoo! Entertainment News