The Jewel in the Crown is a 1966 novel by Paul Scott that begins his Paradise Quartet. The Quartet novel sequence in four volumes is set in the last days of British rule in India during World War II.
Mende Nazer lives a happy childhood in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan. Surrounded by the love of her family and friends, she dreams of one day being a doctor and caring for people.
Winter in the south perfectly evokes the atmosphere of fear and war, desperate people in hopeless situations. Gstrein creates incredibly accurate and poignant portraits of people facing their fears and longings.
Fraktura, 2012.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover with dust jacket.