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Based on a woman who appeared briefly in Casanova’s legendary diaries, here is an elegant and moving story of love denied and transformed from the author of The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi . • "Intelligent, poignant, and yes, sexy.... A literary page-turner for those with a brain as well as a heart." — San Francisco ChronicleLucia works as a servant girl in Italy and is engaged to be married. But after the pox disfigures her face, she flees in shame without telling her lover. Years later, as a reknowned Amsterdam courtesan who never goes out without her veil, Lucia is at the theater when she recognizes her long-lost fiancé, Giacomo Casanova; and she cannot resist the opportunity to encounter him again.Based on a woman who appeared briefly in Casanova’s legendary diaries, Lucia emerges as a brilliant woman who becomes every bit his match. In Lucia’s Eyes is an elegant and moving story of love denied and transformed.
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In Lucia's Eyes, Arthur Japin
- Langue
- Année de publication
- 2007
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- Titre
- In Lucia's Eyes
- Langue
- Anglais
- Auteurs
- Arthur Japin
- Éditeur
- Vintage
- Publié
- 2007
- Format
- souple
- ISBN10
- 140009612X
- ISBN13
- 9781400096121
- Séries
- Mots clés
- Fiction, Romans historiques, Amour, L'école, Europe du Sud, Italie, Sexualité et intimité, Roman social, Romans courts, 21e siècle, XVIIIe siècle, Littérature néerlandaise, Prostitution, Venise, Amsterdam, Variole, Giacomo Casanova, 1725–1798
- Première publication
- 2003
- Titre original
- Een schitterend gebrek
- Évaluation
- 4 sur 5
- Description
- Based on a woman who appeared briefly in Casanova’s legendary diaries, here is an elegant and moving story of love denied and transformed from the author of The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi . • "Intelligent, poignant, and yes, sexy.... A literary page-turner for those with a brain as well as a heart." — San Francisco ChronicleLucia works as a servant girl in Italy and is engaged to be married. But after the pox disfigures her face, she flees in shame without telling her lover. Years later, as a reknowned Amsterdam courtesan who never goes out without her veil, Lucia is at the theater when she recognizes her long-lost fiancé, Giacomo Casanova; and she cannot resist the opportunity to encounter him again.Based on a woman who appeared briefly in Casanova’s legendary diaries, Lucia emerges as a brilliant woman who becomes every bit his match. In Lucia’s Eyes is an elegant and moving story of love denied and transformed.