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Thomas Trofimuk
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Publisher | Picador | ||
ISBN | 978-033047198 | ||
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Wendy
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Synopsis
He appears out of the sea, washed up naked, in the treacherous Straits of Gibraltar. Seemingly delirious, and claiming to be Christopher Columbus, he is taken to an insane asylum in Seville, where astonishingly he starts to reveal the true story of how he set sail on behalf of the Spanish queen five hundred years ago.
Consuela, a nurse at the Institute, is charged with helping him back to reality. She listens to his fantastic tales in the hope of discovering the truth. But as his story unfolds, she finds herself falling for her patient - no longer able to tell where truth ends and fantasy begins.
Meanwhile, across the continent, Emile Germain is involved in a different search. He's an Interpol officer on the hunt for a missing person, presumed dangerous. He's a determined man, and when his investigation leads to Spain these two stories collide.
Part romance, part mysterious thriller, this is a rich and emotional novel about love, loss, and the fragile beauty of our own life stories.
Review
I began to enjoy it very much once I'd read about a third of the book.I like the way the author puts himself into the mind of somebody who is in complete denial of the real world, and the way he relates his story to his nurse Consuela. A poignant book that deals with love and loss and the ability to come to terms with horrendous circumstances but it made me realise how fragile our own lives can be.
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