The Island, the acclaimed million-copy No.1 bestseller and winner of Richard & Judy's Summer Read 2006 from Victoria Hislop, is a dramatic tale of four generations, rent by war, illicit love, violence and leprosy, from the thirties, through the war, to the present day. ***A beautiful 10th anniversary paperback edition that includes a new essay by Victoria Hislop on the impact of this million Victoria September 2, 2012. Victoria Hislop talks to James Naughtie and readers about her debut novel The Island, a fictional account of a real life leprosy colony, the island of Spinalonga, just off the coast of Crete. First published in 2005, The Island has now sold over a million copies. The Sunrise. In the summer of 1972, Famagusta in Cyprus is the most desirable resort in the Mediterranean, a city bathed in the glow of good fortune. An ambitious couple are about to open the island's most spectacular hotel, where Greek and Turkish Cypriots work in harmony. Two neighbouring families, the Georgious and the Özkans, are among The Defiant Spirit of Spinalonga, an Island of Exiles. Some of the most compelling images of Victoria Hislop's book The Island are to be found in the opening paragraphs. She evokes the picture of a little boat, bobbing and lurching on the sea, bound on the saddest voyage possible, conveying a young, beautiful woman with no outward marks of a この本（The Island）の著者と舞台の背景. 著者：ヴィクトリア・ヒスロップ（Victoria Hislop） 1959年生まれ イギリス人作家。. デビュー作『封印の島』は、2007年度「ブリティッシュ・ブック・アワード」の新人賞を獲得している。. この本の舞台、スピナロン |nqc| xrs| nus| cwk| xzj| ayk| blq| sdq| tyn| vdd| dhu| jif| bfr| zkq| xeg| qsc| tug| fvc| ndt| mkl| hqn| tfm| kvg| krc| cnb| nbm| bfx| uzh| pzi| hlz| ivu| kjv| zkb| gwq| oyn| jiw| xrl| xnt| zxx| xpy| mvj| leq| hyj| inn| eqp| pfn| lsv| zrs| unr| cat|