Isle Of Passion - Laura Restrepo

Autor: Laura Restrepo

Editorial: HarperCollins Publishers

Lenguaje: Inglés

ISBN13: 9780060088996

Reseña: In 1908 under orders to defend a tiny isolated Pacific atoll from an improbable French invasion Mexican captain Ramon Arnaud his young bride Alicia and eleven soldiers and their families set sail for the so-called Isle of Passion. In this dire forbidding place a viable community is created under Ramons guidance and inspired by Alicias dedication. But they are soon forgotten by a motherland distracted by political upheaval and the first rumblings of World War I. Left to the mercies of nature and one another--falling victim one by one to disease hunger lust despair and ultimately violence--the castaways who remain must find strength in the courage and steadfast resourcefulness of Alicia Arnaud upon whom their collective survival now depends. Based on true events Laura Restrepos Isle of Passion is a brilliantly rendered and dramatic tale of savage human nature--and one womans determination to triumph over a harrowing fate.