The Guardian of the Heart is a novel by the French writer Françoise Sagan, published in 1968.
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The central theme of the novel is the relationship between a man and a woman, that is, love, and also communication between people.
The story is set during the Franco-Prussian War (1870–1871), and begins with the escape of French citizens from Rouen, under Prussian occupation. Among them is Elizabeth Rousset, "Dunda", a girl of easy morals but a kind heart.
Angélique and Count Joffrey de Peyrac, these lovers of dramatic destiny, are finally reunited. After experiencing all the greatness and all the misery of the old continent, they set off together to conquer the New World.
The novel follows Guy Rolland, a detective who suffers from amnesia and tries to discover his own identity. Through an atmospheric and introspective style, Modiano explores the themes of memory, forgetting and the search for oneself in a world that hides