Carmen

Mérimée, a well-known architect, travels to Spain in the company of a local guide. He soon befriends Jose Navarro, a famous criminal. In Cordoba, he meets Carmen, a free-spirit woman who tries to trap him, before being stopped by Jose Navarro himself. Mérimée gets himself together and goes back to the road. Months later, back to Cordoba, he visits Jose in jail, soon to be executed. The two men exchange a cigar, and soon begins the confession of a noble man who became bandit, of his life on the road, of his decisive meeting with the strong and mysterious Carmen.

Prosper Mérimée knows how to depict lively and multi-dimensional character who stays with you long after the book has been closed.

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