But despite being fully cured, the stigma of her leprosy remains although, as she observes, stigma can be a weapon in the right circumstances. 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. The beauty of The Island is the way it immerses the reader into the life and world of the Spinalonga colony, its effects on the with leprosy and the communities it impacted. Long since abandoned, for me it possessed an eerie quality and it was unsettling to imagine the people living there, believing themselves exiled from friends and family forever.

The dialogue was mostly gentle and sanguine - no family dramas, despite the fact the families had been ‘splintered’. Victoria Hislop's first novel, 'The Island' has stayed with me since it was written in 2005 and inspired my own visit to Spinalonga.One August Night' left me with as many questions as it answered, ‘What became of all the other people on the island? 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. It tells the story of Maria Patrakis, who suffered with leprosy and had been sent to Spinalonga to live and how due to a cure being found she and all the others were allowed back to the mainland and their families.

Posve mi je razumljivo zašto je gđa Hislop dobila počasno državljanstvo Grčke, njene knjige koje sam pročitala na zanimljiv i pristupačan način opisuju razdoblja iz povijesti ove zemlje (Oni koji su voljeni, Otok, Jedne ljetne noći).Manolis too fears that Maria will seek to rekindle their engagement, especially when he discovers that she shows no outward signs of having had the disease.

Feeling she must find a way to repay the good fortune that saw her cured of leprosy and married to Nikos, Maria’s solution involves a breathtaking act of forgiveness. One August Night is the Sequel to Victoria Hislop’s previous book The Island, about the Leper colony on the island of Spinalonga in Greece. 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. english edition, --> Format: 20 cm (8°), Seiten: 490, Gewicht < 500g, ; Papierbräunung, normale Lese-/Lagerspuren, Seiten sauber, insgesamt gut erhalten, von der Autorin signiert, . Although it’s an event that will be no surprise to those who have read The Island, One August Night concentrates on the ramifications for those involved, for their families and friends, as well as for the wider community.budget, την ιδανική συντροφιά και μια λίστα με πράγματα που θες να κάνεις και μέρη που θες να επισκεφτείς. I must admit I thought this One August Night would carry on from one of my favourite books ever The Island. Gill Smith's rich, full-colour illustrations will transport the reader to the timeless and beautiful Greek landscape and Mediterranean seascape. Im big fan of Victoria Hislop right from her lst book "The Island" I had no idea this island exsisted for real and she had written a 2nd to continue the story "One August Night". Victoria divides her time between England and Greece and, in 2020, was granted honorary citizenship by the President of Greece.