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The Guardian of the Heart is a novel by the French writer Françoise Sagan, published in 1968.
Josée travels across America with her husband Alan, trying to find freedom and meaning in a marriage marked by jealousy, insecurity, and emotional dependency.
The novel follows the declining Roman bourgeois family of Ardengo over the course of several days: widow Mariagrazia, lover Leo, son Michele, and daughter Carla – all trapped in apathy, lies, sexual manipulation, and moral indifference.
Two Americans meet as young men in late 19th century China. One becomes a powerful media mogul obsessed with control, the other a humanitarian doctor. An epic tale of friendship, power, ideals and the clash of two opposing worldviews.
Parallel World is considered Benedikt's boldest and most influential novel, a true pioneering work in which he first publicly presented his "theory of parallel dimensions" which would later become the backbone of his entire oeuvre.