Patty, an 18-year-old judo athlete from a remote Greek island, decides to spread her wings and follow Sensei Yuri to Athens in pursuit of her Olympic dream. Along the way, she will face desire, betray...
The novel follows a woman, Modesta, who is born on 1 January 1900 and her experiences though her life in the twentieth century. The text is written for the most part in the first person (by Modesta), ...