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    In this beautifully crafted novel, Eduardo Manet, a Cubanborn French novelist and playwright, tells the story of a woman's passion for a famous artist.The artist is his grandfather, the painter Édouard Manet, and the woman his grandmother, Eva Gonzalès, Manet's only pupil and an extraordinary painter in her own right, whose profound understanding of the human soul shines through all her work. The ... Read more

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    Series series French Millennium Library
    In Song of the Errant Heart, a vibrant saga of love and politics that spans three countries, three generations, three wars and a revolution, novelist and playwright Manet tells the story of Leonardo Esteban, a career Cuban diplomat who suddenly, after a successful series of negotiations with French businessmen and for no explicable reason, informs his superiors in Havana that he will remain in ... Read more

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