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A child in war-torn Europe, Amlie Munk fled for her life with her mother, grandmother, and younger siblings on a packed train from Paris bound for the south of France. Eking out a tough daily existence, Amlie quickly matured into a young woman whose spirited beauty saved her from several sticky encounters. Life changed for Amlie after the war, when, still a teenager, she married the man destined to become the Chief Rabbi. Amlie transformed int...

Loosely based on Bizet's opera, "Carmen, " the novel deals with the mysticism of love and the subversion of sexual identity. It unfolds through the eyes of the opera's secondary female character, Michaela. Now settled in Britain, she recalls her youth spent in a Latin American oligarchy facing social and political unrest. Michaela is the artist daughter of one of the country's ruling families. She meets Jose, an enforced conscript, whose famil...