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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
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2007
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- Titolo
- In Lucia's Eyes
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Arthur Japin
- Editore
- Vintage
- Pubblicato
- 2007
- Formato
- In brossura
- ISBN10
- 140009612X
- ISBN13
- 9781400096121
- Serie
- Tag
- Narrativa, Prosa storica, Amore, Scuola, Europa Meridionale, Italia, Sessualità e intimità, Romanzi sociali, Novelletti, 21° Secolo, XVIII secolo, Letteratura olandese, Prostituzione, Venezia, Amsterdam, Varicella, Giacomo Casanova, 1725–1798
- Prima pubblicazione
- 2003
- Titolo originale
- Een schitterend gebrek
- Valutazione
- 4 su 5
- Descrizione
- 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.