Day of the Bees

Thomas Sanchez


Francisco Zermano, a world- famous Spanish painter, and his French mistress, Louise Collard, are separated during World War II. Fifty years later, after Louise's death, an American scholar discovers a cache of correspondence- Francisco's letters to Louise in Vichy-controlled Provence, and her intentionally unmailed letters to him in Paris. In their vivid, wrenching contents, the scholar uncovers secrets that Louise kept from Francisco. In a shattering climax, the scholar travels to Mallorca, where Francisco is said to be living in self-exile, unaware that he will learn the shattering truth of Louise's fate.


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