Isle of passion
Subtitle: a novel
By: Laura Restrepo ; translated by Dolores M. Koch.
Contributors: Koch, Dolores.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Ecco
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 298
Description: From the Publisher: 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 Ramon's guidance and inspired by Alicia's 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 Restrepo's Isle of Passion is a brilliantly rendered and dramatic tale of savage human nature-and one woman's determination to triumph over a harrowing fate.