商品重量: 331 g 作品目录分为四部,以英国女孩阿丽克西斯对其母亲家族渊源的探寻为引子,讲述了佩特基斯家族祖孙三代人对抗麻风病侵袭的故事。祖孙三代,四个女人,其中阿丽克西斯的曾祖母伊莲妮和姨外祖母玛丽娅亲历了麻风病的侵袭,并与其进行了坚决的抗争,她们身上散发着强烈的人性光芒。而阿丽克西斯的祖母安娜和母亲索菲亚在亲人遭受病痛折磨的事实面前却逃避、隐瞒,并以此为耻,从她们身上可以看到人性中黑暗的一面。
On the brink of a life-changing decision, Alexis Fielding longs to find out about her mother's past. But Sofia has never spoken of it. All she admits to is growing up in a small Cretan village before moving to London. When Alexis decides to visit Crete, however, Sofia gives her daughter a letter to take to an old friend, and promises that through her she will learn more. Arriving in Plaka, Alexis is astonished to see that it lies a stone's throw from the tiny, deserted island of Spinalonga -- Greece's former leper colony. Then she finds Fotini, and at last hears the story that Sofia has buried all her life: the tale of her great-grandmother Eleni and her daughters and a family rent by tragedy, war and passion. She discovers how intimately she is connected with the island, and how secrecy holds them all in its powerful grip...