On a Mediterranean island in the Middle Ages, a young girl has been found in the mountains, utterly savage, apparently brought up by wolves. Does she have an immortal soul? This question is a matter of life and death, fought out by the Abbot, the civil administrator, the nun who looks after her, the Inquisition, and, above all, a ship-wrecked stranger from another culture. A beautiful, lucid, moving and thought-provoking book.
(Annabel Bedini - bwl 5 October 2000 ) |
