The Way to Paradise: A NovelA New York Times Notable Book |
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... there after the authorities seized the Vaugirard house, claiming that your, parents' marriage, performed in Bilbao by a French expatriate priest, wasn't valid, and that Mariano Tristán, Spanish citizen from Peru, belonged to a country with.
... Tristán fled into the splendid past of Vaugirard so as not to see the poverty and misery of the foul-smelling place Maubert, crowded with beggars, vagabonds, and lowlifes, or the rue du Fouarre, full of taverns, where you spent several ...
... Tristán of the portrait your mother kept on her night table in the tiny apartment on the rue du Fouarre; the Don Mariano of the oil paintings hanging in the Tristán family house on Calle Santo Domingo in Arequipa, paintings that you ...
... Tristán. Did you remember, Florita? “Is this the way to Paradise?” “No, miss, try the next corner.” And as the girl ran from corner to corner seeking the elusive Paradise, the others amused themselves by changing places behind her back ...
... Tristán. “Madame, my intentions are honorable.” This made Madame Aline so happy that she burst out laughing and embraced Flora. It was the only time you ever saw your mother so joyful and affectionate. “How lucky you are,” she kept ...
Contents
Mysterious Waters | |
The Shadow of Charles Fourier | |
Annah from Java | |
News from Peru | |
Portrait of Aline Gauguin | |
Nevermore | |
Arequipa | |
What Are | |
The Nun Gutiérrez | |
Wrestling with the Angel | |
The Battle of Cangallo | |
The House of Pleasure | |
Words to Change the World | |