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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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Author

Arthur Japin

Publisher

Vintage International

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9781400096121

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, History