Genre: Fiction
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In this sweeping epic, true love transcends the brutality of war.
Octavio Ribeiro loves truth, beauty, literature, and above all else, his wife Salomé. As
a student in Chile, he courted her with the words of great poets, and she fell in love with
his fierce intelligence and uncompromising passion. Then a sudden coup brings a brutal
military dictatorship into power, and puts anyone who resists in grave danger.
Salomé begs Octavio to put his family’s safety first, rather than speak against the new
regime. When he refuses, it’s Salomé who pays the price.
Belatedly awake to the reality of their danger, Octavio finds political asylum for the
family in Sweden. But for Salomé, the path back to love is fraught with painful secrets,
and the knowledge that they can never go home again.
Previously published as Swedish Tango