The Island

Another summer-story coming-of-age tale, sun-drenched, feverish and filled with imagery of hallucinatory Mediterranean nature. This one is set in 1936 Mallorca, at the beginning of the Spanish civil war. While [b:Three Summers 41774605 Three Summers Margarita Liberaki https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1561080034l/41774605.SY75.jpg 6547901] had a levity to it, The Island is slightly suffocating, as the narration flits around the complicated family and power dynamics on the island, keeping us - and the protagonist - in the dark, and therefore somewhat paralyzed.