Kristopher Dukes (Knihy)

Kristopher Dukes Knihy

Kristopher Dukes píše o zložitých medziľudských vzťahoch a vnútorných bojoch svojich postáv s prenikavou empatiou. Jej próza je vyberaná a pozorná k detailom, pričom sa ponára do psychologickej hĺbky a etických dilem. Dukes skúma témy identity, zrady a vykúpenia, pričom vytvára príbehy, ktoré rezonujú dlho po dočítaní. Jej jedinečný štýl spočíva v schopnosti zachytiť krehkosť ľudskej skúsenosti a zároveň vniesť svetlo na univerzálne pravdy o láske a strate.

The Sworn Virgin

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When Eleanora's father is shot dead on the cobblestone streets of 1910 Albania, she must abandon her dreams and struggle to survive in a remote mountain village with her stepmother Meria. Nearing starvation, Meria sells Eleanora into marriage with the cruel heir of a powerful clan. Intent on keeping her freedom, Eleanora takes an oath to remain a virgin for the rest of her life-- a tradition that gives her the right to live as a man: she is now head of her household and can work for a living as well as carry a gun. When an injured stranger stumbles into her life, Eleanora nurses him back to health, saving his life-- yet risking her own as she falls in love with him