Autre

the long version

"The Other, shortlisted for a 2001 Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction, begins during the German occupation of Leros during World War II. Thomas is a young man guided by dreams: of marrying the girl he loves, of becoming a sailor, of seeing the world. That all changes when he takes a detour, and in so doing loses any chance of chasing his dreams. Trapped in the echoes of that seemingly innocuous choice, Thomas spends years resigned to living a life he never wanted - until, one day, he encounters the self he never had the chance to become." "Anna Why, winner of the Prix litteraire des collegiens in 2005 and an international bestseller, tells the tale of two nuns posted to a Byzantine fortress crowning the peak of Mount Pitiki, Sister Nicoletta is fifty-two, worldly, and generous with her kindness. Sister Veroniki is twenty-four, naive, and dogmatic in her beliefs. Their uneasy relationship, one rooted in faith and forged by solitude, is put to the test when a wandering deacon settles at their doorstep, adrift in despair and clinging to the wreckage of a lost love." "In these two novels, Pan Bouyoucas captures the essence of life on a weatherworn rock surrounded by the soft currents of time, while making brilliant use of tragedy's great themes of love, fate, and guilt."--book jacket.