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.
The Perfect Island is written as a chronicle of a summer vacation. Family harmony comes to the fore in the challenges of unfamiliar surroundings, encounters with new people, and mutual conversations.
Kašmir Promet, 2002.
Croatian. Latin alphabet. Hardcover.
5.32 €
Roman • Književnost • Ljubavni roman
Scobie, britanski časnik u Africi, bori se s vjerom, ljubavlju i dužnošću. Afera s Helen i korupcija na poslu vode ga u moralni sukob. Njegova želja za ispravnošću završava tragično, iskušavajući grijeh i iskupljenje.