![]() ![]() ![]() And though she suffers horrible indignities, as only a woman poor, scarred and powerless can, she confounds Casanova's expectations by refusing to be a tragedy "In Lucia's Eyes." She has too much wit, courage and perspective for that. "In Lucia's Eyes" is the story about what really happened to that servant girl, told in her voice. The author of the haunting novel "The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi," an international best-seller based on the true tale of a 19th century African prince sent to Europe for an education, Japin has again looked to the past for inspiration. ![]() Her sad little story takes up only two pages of his memoir.īut for Arthur Japin, that was enough. That's all we know about the girl who was foolish enough to reject the love of Casanova. He loved her, she jilted him, and years later, he ran into her in a low brothel, her face hideously scarred. The first was a beautiful servant girl he met when he was 17 and she 14. Casanova liked to brag that there were only two women who ended up worse for knowing him. ![]()
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