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"Portofino, Italia, 1943. Elodie, una joven violonchelista, desembarca en una hermosa villa italiana tratando de pasar inadvertida para los oficiales nazis que custodian el lugar. Cuando su familia es asesinada por el régimen de Mussolini, se ve obligada a abandonar una prometedora carrera como concertista en Verona y llevar una vida en la clandestinidad tras conocer a Luca, el joven librero líder de la resistencia, que desaparece violentamente, víctima de los soldados del régimen. Ahora, temerosa de que los nazis descubran que viaja con documentos falsos, trata de perderse entre la gente mientras su corazón late con fuerza. Para su buena fortuna, Angelo, un médico que conoce de primera mano los horrores de la guerra, se percata de su miedo y la ayuda a escabullirse, conduciéndola hasta su casa en los acantilados de Portofino. Sin imaginarlo, este fortuito encuentro tendrá la fuerza de despertar en ambos la esperanza que creían perdida para siempre. La exitosa autora de Los amantes de Praga y Las horas de terciopelo nos ofrece una novela deslumbrante donde se entrelazan el primer amor, la valentía, el suspenso y la gran tragedia de la guerra."--Amazon.com.
"Portofino, Italy, 1943. A young woman steps off a boat in a scenic coastal village. Although she knows how to disappear in a crowd, Elodie is too terrified to slip by the German officers while carrying her poorly forged identity papers. She is frozen until a man she's never met before claims to know her. In desperate need of shelter, Elodie follows him back to his home on the cliffs of Portofino. Only months before, Elodie Bertolotti was a cello prodigy in Verona, unconcerned with world events. But when Mussolini's Fascist regime strikes her family, Elodie is drawn into the burgeoning resistance movement by Luca, a young and impassioned bookseller. As the occupation looms, she discovers that her unique musical talents, and her courage, have the power to save lives. In Portofino, young doctor Angelo Rosselli gives the frightened and exhausted girl sanctuary. He is a man with painful secrets of his own, haunted by guilt and remorse. But Elodie's arrival has the power to awaken a sense of hope and joy that Angelo thought was lost to him forever. Written in dazzling prose and set against the rich backdrop of World War II Italy, Garden of Letters captures the hope, suspense, and romance of an uncertain era, in an epic intertwining story of first love, great tragedy, and spectacular bravery."--