The Jasmine Isle
A Modern Love Story with the Force of an Ancient Greek Tragedy.
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"Karystiani's The Jasmine Isle changes the way all of us see modern Greece."Neue Zrcher Zeitung
Set on the spectacular Cycladic island of Andros, The Jasmine Isle one of the finest literary achievements in contemporary Greek literature, recounts the story of the beautiful Orsa Saltaferos, sentenced to marry a man she doesn't love and to watch while the man she does love weds another.
Born on Crete, Ioanna Karystiani has written several novels and the screenplays for The Brides, directed by Pandelis Vulgaris and produced by Martin Scorsese, and Estrella mi vida, directed by Costa Gavras.
Category: Novels
Code: 11359
ISBN:
9781933372105
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
288
Publication Date:
2006
Publisher:
Europa Editions
Published In:
USA
Translator:
Michael Eleftheriou
Language:
English