Audio Book Description:
It is 1947 and Israel Levis, acuban composer whos life had once been a dreamof music, love and sadness, is returningto Habana, Cuba from Spain where he hasjust recovered from the physical and spiritual malaises resulting from his experiences in Paris-then Buchenwald- during the Nazi occupation of France.A devout catholic, Levis had been mistaken for a Jew because of his name. ARriving back in Habana, Levis`s mind isreelingwith beautiful memories of hislife before the war, a life of pleasure and excitementthat he owes, inpart to an unrequited nearly "chivalrousromancewith a certain Rita Valladares,a singer for whom Levis had written his most famous song, "Rosas Puras" or "Pretty Roses".This 1928 composition becomesthe most famous Rumba in theworld; and it is the song, symbolic of composer`s love for Rita Valladares, that sets Levis`s life in Europe in motion.
