Dewey Decimal889.334
Synopsis"Karystiani's "The Jasmine Isle" changes the way all of us see modern Greece."____"Neue Z'rcher Zeitung" A modern love story with the force of an ancient Greek tragedy. 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., Set in the stunning Cyclades Islands - a modern love story with the force of an ancient Greek tragedy. Orsa, sentenced by her tyrannical mother and Greek tradition to marry a man she doesn't love, is forced to watch while Siros Maltabes - the man she does love - marries her sister. First English translation of a cult European novel.