Otok

Otok

Victoria Hislop

Ovaj roman o ljubavi, nesreći i strasti, često upoređivan sa de Bernijerovom „Mandolinom kapetana Korelija“, donosi još jednu privlačnu sliku Mediterana.

Na raskrsnici važnih životnih odluka, dvadesetogodišnja Aleksis Filding želi da sazna više o brižljivo skrivanoj prošlosti svoje majke. Sve što zna je da je Sofija odrasla u malom ribarskom selu na Kritu, a kada konačno odluči da poseti to grčko ostrvo, majka joj daje pismo za starog prijatelja Fotinija – pismo koje treba da pruži odgovore na sva njena pitanja.

Ali prvo što Aleksis otkriva je ostrvo. Nasuprot majčinog rodnog sela Plake, odvojenog samo tankom trakom mora, dočekaće je Spinalonga, nekadašnja kolonija gubavaca. Kada Aleksis pronađe Fotinija, konačno će otkriti priču koju je Sofija skrivala celog života: priču o svojoj prabaki Eleni, njene dve ćerke, šokantnu sagu o porodici uništenoj nesrećama, ratom i strastima.

Priča o porodici će tako postati priča o ostrvu, a Aleksis će kroz nju otkriti tajnu porodične prošlosti, ali i sopstvene budućnosti. Potresna priča o ljubavi i nesreći, koja je zahvatila svet, i za koju je Viktorija Hislop dobila nagradu za najbolji književni debi, British Book Avards 2007!

Original title
The island
Translation
Karmela Cindrić
Editor
Roman Simić Bodrožić
Dimensions
23 x 15 cm
Pages
320
Publisher
Profil Knjiga, Zagreb, 2008.
 
Latin alphabet. Paperback.
Language: Croatian.
ISBN
978-9-53120-826-0

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