Victoria Hislop Książki

Dramatyczna opowieść o czterech pokoleniach rodziny rozdzielonej przez wojnę i chorobę, zakazanej miłości oraz trudnych wyborach, które muszą podejmować kobiety. Autorka, wyróżniona British Book Award za debiut literacki, przyciąga miłośników sag rodzinnych. Sofia Fielding, nigdy nie mówiąca o swojej przeszłości, wychowywała się na Krecie w małej wiosce Plaka. Gdy jej córka Alexis staje przed ważną decyzją, postanawia odkryć rodzinne sekrety. Matka daje jej list do przyjaciółki Fotini, obiecując, że dowie się wszystkiego od niej. Po przyjeździe do Grecji Alexis odkrywa, że Plaka sąsiaduje z dawną kolonią trędowatych na wysepce Spinalonga. Jakie tajemnice łączą kobiety z rodziny Sofii z tym zapomnianym miejscem? Krok po kroku Alexis odkrywa przeszłość matki, babki, ciotki i prababki oraz wielki sekret, który od lat łączy kolejne pokolenia kobiet z Spinalongą. To barwna, realistyczna i poruszająca opowieść, napisana z wrażliwością. Przypomina, że miłość i życie przetrwają nawet w najtrudniejszych okolicznościach. Autorka skrupulatnie bada swoje pochodzenie i medyczne aspekty trądu, oferując wspaniałe opisy oraz intymny portret życia małej wyspiarskiej społeczności.

Subtelna i poruszająca powieść o tragedii i nadziei. Ukochana autorka milionów czytelników powraca na Kretę w kontynuacji bestsellerowej i nagradzanej Wyspy! Nikt nie oddaje piękna Grecji tak wyraziście, jak Victoria Hislop. Powieść zachwyci miłośniczki sag rodzinnych. 25 sierpnia 1957 roku na wyspie Spinalonga zostaje zlikwidowana kolonia trędowatych, co prowadzi do druzgocących konsekwencji. Dla Marii Petrakis i jej siostry Anny tej nocy zatrzymuje się czas, a dwie bliskie sobie rodziny zostaną na zawsze rozdzielone. Mieszkańcy Plaki będą kojarzyć zamknięcie kolonii z tragedią. Jak na nowo obudzić życie w miejscu naznaczonym piętnem choroby i ludzkiej tragedii? Jak zbudować przyszłość na gruzach przeszłości? Nadszedł czas, aby ponownie spotkać się z Anną, Marią, Manolisem i Andreasem w tygodniach poprzedzających ewakuację wyspy. Hislop przenosi czytelnika na pachnące tymiankiem greckie wyspy, tworząc list miłosny do Grecji, który magicznie przenosi w inny czas i przestrzeń. Złożona historia Grecji ukazana w pięknie napisanej sadze rodzinnej, dramatycznej opowieści o miłości, zdradzie i lojalności.

A dramatic and moving story set in the same world as the international bestseller The Island from the celebrated novelist Victoria Hislop. The absorbing story of the Cretan village of Plaka and the tiny, deserted island of Spinalonga - Greece's former leper colony - is told to us by Maria Petrakis, one of the children in the original version of The Island. She tells us of the ancient and misunderstood disease of leprosy, exploring the themes of stigma, shame and the treatment of those who are different, which are as relevant for children as adults. Gill Smith's rich, full-colour illustrations will transport the reader to the timeless and beautiful Greek landscape and Mediterranean seascape.

Four novels selected and condensed by Reader's Digest.

Thessaloniki, 1917. As Dimitri Komninos is born, a devastating fire sweeps through the thriving Greek city where Christians, Jews and Muslims live side by side. Five years later, Katerina Sarafoglou's home in Asia Minor is destroyed by the Turkish army. Losing her mother in the chaos, she flees across the sea to an unknown destination in Greece. Soon her life will become entwined with Dimitri's, and with the story of the city itself, as war, fear and persecution begin to divide its people. Thessaloniki, 2007. A young Anglo-Greek hears his grandparents' life story for the first time and realises he has a decision to make. For many decades, they have looked after the memories and treasures of the people who were forced to leave. Should he become their next custodian and make this city his home?

The NEW Sunday Times Number One bestseller from Victoria Hislop, author of multi-million-copy bestsellers, including The Island, The Sunrise and Cartes Postales from Greece.

In her irresistible new novel, Sunday Times No 1 bestselling author Victoria Hislop shines a light on the questionable acquisition of cultural treasures and the price people - and countries - will pay to cling on to them.Of all the ancient art that captures the imagination, none is more appealing than the Cycladic figurine. An air of mystery swirls around these statuettes from the Bronze Age and they are highly sought after by collectors - and looters - alike.When Helena inherits her grandparents' apartment in Athens, she is overwhelmed with memories of the summers she spent there as a child, when Greece was under a brutal military dictatorship. Her remote, cruel grandfather was one of the regime's generals and as she sifts through the dusty rooms, Helena discovers an array of valuable objects and antiquities. How did her grandfather amass such a trove? What human price was paid for them?Helena's desire to find answers about her heritage dovetails with a growing curiosity for archaeology, ignited by a summer spent with volunteers on a dig on an Aegean island. Their finds fuel her determination to protect the precious fragments recovered from the baked earth - and to understand the origins of her grandfather's collection.Helena's attempt to make amends for some of her grandfather's actions sees her wrestle with the meaning of 'home', both in relation to looted objects of antiquity ... and herself.

An atmospheric, vibrant and moving tale of pain and passion at the heart of war-torn Spain, from the million-copy bestselling author of The Island and The Thread.

'Intelligent and immersive... a poignant, compelling family saga' The Sunday Times The No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller from the million-copy best-selling author of The Island, The Thread, and The Return. 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 many who moved to Famagusta to escape the years of unrest and ethnic violence elsewhere on the island. But beneath the city's façade of glamour and success, tension is building. When a Greek coup plunges the island into chaos, Cyprus faces a disastrous conflict. Turkey invades to protect the Turkish Cypriot minority, and Famagusta is shelled. Forty thousand people seize their most precious possessions and flee from the advancing soldiers. In the deserted city, just two families remain. This is their story. Praise for The Sunrise. . . 'Fascinating and moving' The Times 'An imaginative tour de force, and a great read' Daily Mail 'An absorbing tale about family, friendship, loyalty and betrayal' Good Housekeeping 'Heartbreaking' Essentials 'Vibrant... Hislop brings history to life in this compelling tale' Tatler 'Fascinating' Sunday Mirror

'I think few of the stories in Loss will leave readers cold...' Victoria Hislop, bestselling author and champion of the short story, has chosen her favourite short stories by women writers. Here are prizewinners, famous wits, well-known feminists, national treasures and rising stars. All the stories in this volume are about loss: lost lives, lost loves, lost innocence, even a lost leopard. The many ways in which loss touches our lives are shown in these varied stories. CONTRIBUTORS: Katherine Mansfield, Elizabeth Bowen, Dorothy Parker, Shirley Jackson, Flannery O'Connor, Elizabeth Taylor, Jean Rhys, Anna Kavan, Muriel Spark, Ellen Gilchrist, Penelope Fitzgerald, Lorrie Moore, Hilary Mantel, Susan Hill, Colette Paul, Yiyun Li, Helen Simpson, Edna O'Brien, Edith Pearlman, Emma Donoghue, Carrie Tiffany and Lucy Wood.

In these stories, Victoria Hislop takes us through the streets of Athens and into the tree-lined squares of Greek villages. As she evokes their distinct atmosphere, she brings vividly to life a host of unforgettable characters, from a lonesome priest to battling brothers, and from an unwanted stranger to a groom troubled by music and memory.

'Love is, of course, a central preoccupation of literature...' Victoria Hislop, bestselling author and champion of the short story, has chosen her favourite short stories by women writers. Here are prizewinners, famous wits, well-known feminists, national treasures and rising stars. Love is represented in this volume in all its guises - romantic, maternal, happy and haunting. CONTRIBUTORS: Katherine Mansfield, Dorothy Parker, Doris Lessing, Margaret Drabble, Angela Carter, Margaret Atwood, Ellen Gilchrist, Alice Walker, Mavis Gallant, Carol Shields, Anne Enright, Elspeth Davie, Alison Lurie, Jennifer Egan, Jeanette Winterson, Claire Boylan, Maggie Gee, Colette Paul, Rachel Seiffert, Yiyun Li, Nadine Gordimer, Miranda July, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Carys Davies, Alison MacLeod, Emma Donoghue, Roshi Fernando, M. J. Hyland and Avril Joy.

The new Top Ten bestseller from Victoria Hislop, author of the multimillion copy reading group classic, The Island and The Sunrise, one of the ten biggest selling novels of 2015

Quand elle arrive à Grenade pour y prendre des cours de danse, Sonia, jeune Londonienne, ne sait rien du passé de la ville. Une conversation avec le patron du café El Barril la plonge dans la tragique destinée de la famille Ramírez : dans les années 1930 vivaient dans ces lieux trois frères aux idéaux opposés, veillant jalousement sur leur jeune soeur, Mercedes, passionnée de flamenco. Tandis que celle-ci tombe amoureuse du guitariste gitan qui l'accompagne, l'Espagne sombre dans la guerre civile. Quel camp chacun va-t-il choisir ? Quels secrets et trahisons vont déchirer la fratrie à jamais ? Happée par ce récit de feu et de sang, Sonia est loin d'imaginer que sa propre existence en sera bouleversée.

Avec le talent qu'on lui connait, Victoria Hislop nous emmene au fil de dix nouvelles a travers les rues d'Athenes et les parcs ombrages des villages grecs. En evoquant leurs atmospheres si particulieres, elle donne vie a un grand nombre de personnages inoubliables: un pretre solitaire, deux freres qui n'arretent pas de se quereller, un etranger indesirable, une charmante patissiere, ou encore un jeune marie a la memoire defaillante. A la maniere d'une aquarelliste, l'auteur de L'Ile des oublies explore les sentiments humains. Amour, loyaute, separation, reconciliation... nul mouvement de l'ame n'echappe a son ecriture envoutante. Le style Hislop: une petite cantate qui chante doucement la Mediterranee, la famille et un passe qu'on connait mal. Le Point.

Sommeren 1972. Famagusta på Kypros er Middelhavets mest ettertraktede feriested, en by som oser av lykke og velstand. Et ambisiøst par er i ferd med å åpne øyas mest spektakulære hotell, hvor greske og tyrkiske kyprioter jobber side om side. De to nabofamiliene Georgiou og Özkan er blant de mange som har flyttet til Famagusta for å komme unna uroligheter og etnisk vold andre steder på øya. Et gresk militærkupp på øya skaper kaos, og Kypros står ovenfor en katastrofal konflikt. Tyrkia invaderer Kypros for å beskytte den tyrkisk-kypriotiske minoriteten og Famagusta blir beleiret. Førti tusen mennesker må flykte fra soldatene som stadig er på fremmarsj. I den forlatte byen er det bare to familier igjen. Dette er deres historie.