The Island: The million-copy Number One bestseller 'A moving and absorbing holiday read': The Island
Autor Victoria Hislopen Limba Engleză Paperback – 10 apr 2006
The Island is the million-copy No.1 bestseller and winner of Richard & Judy's Summer Read 2006 from Victoria Hislop. From the thirties to the present day, it is a tale of four generations rent by war, illicit love, violence and leprosy. ***A beautiful 10th anniversary paperback edition that includes a new essay by Victoria Hislop on the impact of this million-copy bestseller.***This was not the start of a short trip to deliver supplies.
It was the beginning of a one-way journey to start a new life. Life on a leper colony. Life on Spinalonga.
Fifty years later, making a life-changing journey of her own, Alexis Fielding feels the pull of the abandoned island. A distant shadow off the coast of Crete, she knows it holds the secrets to her mother's past, buried for so long but surely not forgotten ...
Acclaim for The Island: 'Passionately engaged with its subject meticulously researched' The Sunday Times
'Hislop carefully evokes the lives of Cretans between the wars and during German occupation, but most commendable is her compassionate portrayal of the outcasts' Guardian
'Vivid, moving and absorbing' Observer
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| Headline – 15 feb 2024 | 52.17 lei 3-5 săpt. | +33.19 lei 6-12 zile |
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| Hardback (1) | 290.45 lei 17-24 zile | |
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0755309510
Pagini: 496
Ilustrații: None
Dimensiuni: 129 x 197 x 32 mm
Greutate: 0.34 kg
Ediția:10TH Anniversary Edition
Editura: Headline
Colecția Headline Review
Seria The Island
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Recenzii
At last - a beach book with a heart... Meticulous research into Cretan culture...packed with family sagas, doomed love affairs, devastating secrets... She also forces us to reflect on illness, both the nasty, narrow-mindedness of the healthy and the spirit of survival in the so-called "unclean". Her message seems as relevant today as it would have been a century ago
'This is a vivid, moving and absorbing tale, with its sensitive, realistic engagement with all the consequences of, and stigma attached to leprosy, elevating it beyond holiday literature'
'War, tragedy and passion unfurl against a Mediterranean backdrop in this engrossing debut novel' You magazine
'Gently gripping tale'
'Brings dignity and tenderness to her novel'
'A promising debut' Grazia magazine
'A page-turning tale that reminds us that love and life continue in even the most extraordinary of circumstances' Sunday Express
'Hislop's deep research, imagination and patent love of Crete creates a convincing portrait of times on the island... A moving and absorbing holiday read'
'Passionately engaged with its subject...the author has meticulously researched her fascinating background and medical facts'
A moving and atmospheric tale
'Wonderful descriptions, strong characters and an intimate portrait of island existence'
'A page-turning tale...reminds us that love and life continue in even the most extraordinary of circumstances'
Hislop's deep research, imagination and patent love of Crete creates a convincing portrait of times on the island. She writes evocatively of the minutiae of traditional life... She...manages to milk the dramatic potential of each unexpected twist and broken engagement, of the ruined and resurrected lives of her characters... A moving and absorbing holiday read that pulls at the heart strings
'The story of life on Spinalonga, the lepers' island, is gripping and carries real emotional impact. Victoria Hislop...brings dignity and tenderness to her novel about lives blighted by leprosy' Telegraph
'A heartrending tale of love, loss and passion'
'A beautiful tale of enduring love and unthinking prejudice'
'A must-have on every intelligent holiday-maker's beach towel'
Textul de pe ultima copertă
A richly enchanting novel of lives and loves unfolding against the backdrop of the Mediterranean during World War II, The Island is an enthralling story of dreams and desires, of secrets desperately hidden, and of leprosy's touch on an unforgettable family.
Notă biografică
Victoria Hislop is the internationally bestselling author of The Island and The Return. She writes travel features for the Sunday Telegraph, Mail on Sunday, House & Garden, and Woman & Home. She divides her time among rural Kent, London, and Crete. She is married and has two children.