In this sweeping epic, true love transcends the brutality of war.
Previously published as Swedish Tango About the Author: Alyson Richman is the author of The Mask Carver\'s Son, The Last Van Gogh, and The Lost Wife..
But for Salom , the path back to love is fraught with painful secrets, and the knowledge that they can never go home again.
Belatedly awake to the reality of their danger, Octavio finds political asylum for the family in Sweden.
When he refuses, it\'s Salom who pays the price.
Salom begs Octavio to put his family\'s safety first, rather than speak against the new regime.
Then a sudden coup brings a brutal military dictatorship into power, and puts anyone who resists in grave danger.
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.
Octavio Ribeiro loves truth, beauty, literature, and above all else, his wife Salom .
In this sweeping epic, true love transcends the brutality of war
