Travelling around Romania with friends in 1979, undergraduate Helena meets priest-poet George. Back in Cambridge, she repeatedly receives yearning letters from him, begging her to help him escape. Twelve years later, Helena, now happily married, goes back to look for him, conscious that their encounter had changed his life. Her quest takes us through a subdued and frightened but still beautiful post-Communist Romania, and she finally uncovers the mystery of his disappearance. An unforgettable story.
(Diana Davies - bwl 42 October 2007 ) |
