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�Refreshing, comic, and sublime...The conquest in this novel, a game played by one writer and his readers, captivates, drawing us in through the seductive power of a monumental young author.� �Laura Esquivel, bestselling author of Like Water for Chocolate and Malinche �Intoxicating�I�ll be thinking of these characters, what they longed to create and what they managed to despoil, for a long time.� �Helen Oyeyemi A retelling of a fantastical true story: two young men seduce Nobel laureate Juan Ram�n Jim�nez with the words of an imaginary woman and inspire one of his greatest love poems. Jos� G�lvez and Carlos Rodr�guez are poets. Or, at least, they�d like to be. Sons of Lima�s elite in the early twentieth century, they scribble bad verses and read the greats: Rilke, Rimbaud, and, above all others, Juan Ram�n J�menez, the Spanish Maestro. Desperate for J�menez�s latest work, unavailable in Lima, they decide to ask him for a copy. They�re sure J�menez won�t send two dilettantes his book, but he might favor a beautiful woman. They write to him as the lovely, imaginary Georgina H�bner. J�menez responds with a letter and a book. Elated, Jos� and Carlos write back. Their correspondence continues, as the Maestro falls in love with Georgina, and the boys abandon poetry for the pages of J�menez�s life. (less)

�Refreshing, comic, and sublime...The conquest in this novel, a game played by one writer and his readers, captivates, drawing us in through the seductive power of a monumental young author.� �Laura Esquivel, bestselling author of Like (…more)