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The Guardian of the Heart is a novel by the French writer Françoise Sagan, published in 1968.
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.
Francesco Merighi returns to Rome after 9 years abroad. In order to write an "authentic" novel, he keeps a diary of his life with his wife and their daughter Babe. He obsessively analyzes lies in relationships, the temptation of
"Doña Bárbara" is a powerful story about the conflict between a cruel, instinctive world and the ideals of civilization, told through striking characters and a rich depiction of the Latin American landscape.