by Eve de Castro · Jean-Claude Lattès · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782709611237
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«Ayez pitié du coeur des hommes» is the novel by Eve de Castro, published by Jean-Claude Lattès in paperback (345 pages, in French).
Two men deported to French Guiana, Côme des Prato and Aimé Halloir, play their fate at cards on the ship. On disembarking, they exchange name and registration number, and each assumes the other's life. Three women, Viviane, Anna and Lézarde, cross their path in a setting that ranges from the penal colony to Manaus.
The novel was awarded the Prix des Libraires in 1992. The cover bears the subtitle «roman»; the original edition was published in Paris.
Of interest to readers of historical adventure novels, with identity changes and a setting in French Guiana and the Amazon.
Valérie Cazeneuve called Ève de Castro (1961) is a French writer, novelist and screenwriter, a winner of the Prix des libraires in 1992, the Prix des Deux Magots and the Prix Maurice Genevoix in 1996.
