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1、!!!!!!!!!!Title:!!The$Island$$!Author:!!Victoria$Hislop$$!Year:!!2005$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$!Synopsis:!!!On!the!brink!of!her!own!life9changing!decision,!Alexis!Fielding!longs!to!find!out!about!her!mother’s!past.!But!Sofia!has!never!spoken!of!it.!All!she!admits!to!is!g
2、rowing!up!in!a!small!Cretan!village!before!moving!to!London.!When!Alexis!decides!to!visit!Crete,!however,!Sofia!gives!her!daughter!a!letter!to!take!to!an!old!friend,!and!promises!that!through!her!she!will!learn!more.!Arriving!in!Plaka,!Alexis!is!astonished!to!see!that!it!lies!a!
3、stone’s!throw!from!the!tiny,!deserted!island!of!Spinalonga—Greece’s!former!leper!colony.!Then!she!finds!Fortini,!and!at!last!hears!the!story!that!Sofia!has!buried!all!her!life:!the!tale!of!her!great9grandmother!Eleni!and!her!daughters!and!a!family!rent!by!tragedy,!war!and!passio
4、n.!She!discovers!how!intimately!she!is!connected!with!the!island,!and!how!secrecy!holds!them!all!in!its!powerful!grip…!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Prologue$!Plaka,!1953!!A"cold"wind"whipped"through"the"narrow"streets"of"Plaka"and"the"chill"of"the"autumnal"air"encircled"the"woma
5、n,"paralysing"her"body"and"mind"with"a"numbness"that"almost"blocked"her"senses"but"could"do"nothing"to"alleviate"her"grief."As"she"stumbled"the"last"few"metres"to"the"jetty"she"leaned"heavily"on"her"father,"her"gait"that"of"an"old"crone"for"whom"every"step"brought"a"stab"of"pain
6、."But"her"pain"was"not"physical."Her"body"was"as"strong"as"any"young"woman"who"had"spent"her"life"breathing"the"pure"Cretan"air,"and"her"skin"was"as"youthful"and"her"eyes"as"intensely"brown"and"bright"as"those"of"any"girl"on"this"island.!!!!The"little"boat,"unstable"with"its"car
7、go"of"oddly"shaped"bundles"lashed"together"with"string,"bobbed"and"lurched"on"the"sea."The"elderly"man"lowered"himself"in"slowly,"and"with"one"hand"trying"to"hold"the"craft"steady"reached"out"with"the"other"to"help"his"daughter."Once"she"was"safely"on"board"he"wrapped"her"protec
8、tively"in"a"blanket"to"shield"her"from"the"elem
