| Review |
"On a balmy autumn afternoon in Paris, in the year 1868, young winemaker Casimir de Chateauneuf wanders through the hollow arcades of the Palais Royal. Browsing in a small shop filled with curiosties from the Orient, he spies a cache of fine miniature portraits. Above all others, an ivory-skinned beauty captivates him. Her eyes...one blue, the other yellow. That night they pursue Casimir in his dreams, as one burning question consumes him: Who is she?". |
| Summary |
"Thus begins Casimir's dizzying quest for the object of his obsession. Forsaking his family, his vocation, his country, Casimir sails from Marseilles to North Africa, plunging into a strange new world with blind faith in destiny. His journey leads him to Istanbul, "city of the world's desire." There, in a deserted palace of the former sultan, is hidden the woman of his reveries, the woman with one blue eye, the other yellow. To touch her is forbidden. |
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But in this city of passion, in a Palace of Tears, Casimir is about to discover what it will mean to make a dream real... and what awaits him when his lover is set free."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Local Note |
Purchased by the Carl Neureuther Endowed Book Fund. |
| Subjects |
French -- Middle East -- Fiction.
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| Subject Keywords |
Middle East -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Historical fiction. |
| Local Term |
Carl Neureuther Endowed Book Fund. donor
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| ISBN |
0385334885 |
| OCLC/Bib Util # |
43615661 |
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