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The island of last truth

After a pirate attack on his sailboat and the death of his shipmates, Mathew Prendel, a doctor, is shipwrecked on an almost entirely uninhabited island. The only person who lives there is Nelson Souza, the pirate responsible for the deaths of his friends and for his being shipwrecked. Mathew thought he had killed him in his escape and now, paradoxically, the pirate saves his life. This is the start of a difficult coexistence marked by Souza's dominance and his secrets that will end with Souza's death and Mathew's return to civilization. Years later on his deathbed, Mathew asks his lover Phoebe Westore, Ph. D. in literature, to write up his life story in a letter and send it to the Souza family.

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  • "Vlak voor zijn dood vertelt een professor zijn enige vriendin wat hem tijdens zijn vermissing op zee is overkomen."
  • "El relato de un naufragio que se convierte en una reflexión sobre nuestra identidad. Navegar quiere decir saber dónde estamos, de dónde venimos y hacia dónde vamos. Por eso quizá, es más difícil navegar que vivir. Eso nos cuenta la autora en una página de esta espléndida novela, y eso es lo que al principio siente Mathew Prendel, navegante solitario que de repente naufraga en una pequeña isla perdida en el océano, sin saber que en ese cacho de tierra inhóspita le espera otro hombre, un tal Nelson Souza. Las preguntas de Mathew son muchas y las respuestas de Nelson se resumen en pocas palabras secas que imponen sus propias leyes: los dos hombres tendrán que repartirse el territorio, malviviendo cada cual por su cuenta, y será Nelson quien decida cómo y cuándo intentarán dejar la isla, que pronto se convierte para Mathew en una prisión al aire libre, un lugar donde la culpa acecha y los recuerdos del ayer bailan suspendidos en el horizonte. Tras un tiempo que nadie sabe medir por horas y días, llega por fin la hora de partir, de volver a ese mundo que ya no los espera. Mathew vuelve, pero no es el mismo hombre; la experiencia ha hecho de él un ser taciturno, que solo contará la verdadera historia del naufragio a Phoebe, su amante, cuando le falten pocos días para morir. ¿Verdadera? Quien sabe... Ahí está el talento de Flavia Company para acompañarnos hasta el final de una historia cargada de misterio, que nos reconcilia con las extravagancias de la vida y nos recuerda las mejores obras de Conrad y Stevenson."
  • "After a pirate attack on his sailboat and the death of his shipmates, Mathew Prendel, a doctor, is shipwrecked on an almost entirely uninhabited island. The only person who lives there is Nelson Souza, the pirate responsible for the deaths of his friends and for his being shipwrecked. Mathew thought he had killed him in his escape and now, paradoxically, the pirate saves his life. This is the start of a difficult coexistence marked by Souza's dominance and his secrets that will end with Souza's death and Mathew's return to civilization.Years later on his deathbed, Mathew asks his lover Phoebe Westore, Ph.D. in literature, to write up his life story in a letter and send it to the Souza family."
  • "After a pirate attack on his sailboat and the death of his shipmates, Mathew Prendel, a doctor, is shipwrecked on an almost entirely uninhabited island. The only person who lives there is Nelson Souza, the pirate responsible for the deaths of his friends and for his being shipwrecked. Mathew thought he had killed him in his escape and now, paradoxically, the pirate saves his life. This is the start of a difficult coexistence marked by Souza's dominance and his secrets that will end with Souza's death and Mathew's return to civilization. Years later on his deathbed, Mathew asks his lover Phoebe Westore, Ph. D. in literature, to write up his life story in a letter and send it to the Souza family."@en
  • "After a pirate attack on his sailboat and the death of his shipmates, Mathew Prendel, a doctor, is shipwrecked on an almost entirely uninhabited island. The only person who lives there is Nelson Souza, the pirate responsible for the deaths of his friends and for his being shipwrecked. Mathew thought he had killed him in his escape and now, paradoxically, the pirate saves his life. This is the start of a difficult coexistence marked by Souza's dominance and his secrets that will end with Souza's death and Mathew's return to civilization.Years later on his deathbed, Mathew asks his lover Phoebe Westore, Ph. D. in literature, to write up his life story in a letter and send it to the Souza family."@en

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  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"
  • "Ausgabe"
  • "Roman catalan"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en

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  • "La isla de la última verdad"
  • "Die Insel der letzten Wahrheit"
  • "L'Illa de l'última veritat"@ca
  • "Die Insel der letzten Wahrheit Roman"
  • "L'illa de l'última veritat"
  • "The island of last truth"@en

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