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The carousel of desire / Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt ; translated from the French by Howard Curtis and Katherine Gregor.

by Schmitt, Éric-Emmanuel.

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Europa Editions, 2016.

Love-letters -- Fiction.

Sex -- Fiction.

Brussels (Belgium) -- Fiction

9781609453466 (trade pbk.)

1609453468 (trade pbk.)

Perroquets de la place d'Arezzo. English.

662 p. ; 21 cm.

Translation of: Les perroquets de la place d'Arezzo.

Translated from the French.

"The Carousel of Desire is a sexual and romantic saga told with a master storyteller's feel for character and plot and a philosopher's abiding preoccupation with what makes life truly worthwhile. With tenderness and infectious delight, Schmitt tells an exuberant tale about class and community and about the vastness of human experience. Schmitt's love of coincidence and serendipity is surpassed only by his affection for his flawed, all-too-human characters: Zachary Bidermann, the powerful European Union commissioner; Faustina, the fashionable book publicist; François-Maxime de Couvigne, the happily married banker with more than a few secrets; Marcelle, enamored with a handsome illegal immigrant; Miss Beauvert, who makes love with her parrot, Copernicus. These and many more unforgettable characters animate this story of simmering desire and the antics of the mischievous and playful god, Eros. Schmitt's inclusive, affirming vision of human sexuality is refreshingly free of moral judgement, yet enriched by an understanding of the complex ethics of human relationships and the redemptive power of love."--From publisher.

Erotic fiction.

Psychological fiction.

Literary fiction.

French fiction -- Translations into English.

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