Book description
The bright summer sun faded into the shimmering Mediterranean as the
young American painter began what was to be the five most perfect hours
of his lifetime. It would be more than just an affair, a passionate
encounter, and yet it would come to nothing. It would be a period of
total enchantment that would remain to haunt him for the rest of his
life, affecting his career, his code of behaviour, his entire existence.
He sensed all this and yet he went to her, this woman he loved, this
woman who could never be his... The bright summer sun faded into the
shimmering Mediterranean as the young American painter began what was to
be the five most perfect hours of his lifetime. It would be more than
just an affair, a passionate encounter, and yet it would come to
nothing. It would be a period of total enchantment that would remain to
haunt him for the rest of his life, affecting his career, his code of
behaviour, his entire existence. He sensed all this and yet he went to
her, this woman he loved, this woman who could never be his...