Indicate the genre of the book to which it belongs. Love in the Time of Cholera

Love in the Time of Ch ol era is a novel by Gabriel García M ár quez . It is a work of mag ical real ism , a genre that comb ines real istic elements with mag ical or super natural elements . The novel is set in the city of Cart ag ena , Colombia , during the 1 9 th century , and tells the story of a man named Flor ent ino Ari za and his lif el ong love for a woman named F erm ina D aza . The novel expl ores them es of love , loss , and the passage of time , and is known for its po etic language and v ivid descri ptions of the setting and characters . </s>