One of the three founders of the River Company of the Caribbean, Florentino Ariza’s father died when Florentino was 10 years old. Like Florentino, he was known as a passionate romantic who wrote lyrical letters and had occasional affairs in his office. He gave Florentino money from time to time but was otherwise uninvolved in his son’s life.
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Chapter 2
...Florentino was the only child of Tránsito Ariza, who had a brief affair with ship-owner Don Pius V Loayza , who founded the River Company of the Caribbean for the Magdalena River with his...
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Chapter 4
Uncle Leo XII tells Florentino that his father, Don Pius V Loayza , conceived him in an unlocked office room on a Sunday, lying to his wife...
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