The Sea and The Island

The Sea and The Island is a novelette. Short historical fiction. Divided into ten chapters that do not follow the chronological order of events. Set in the Europe of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Croatia, Argentina and Paraguay. The historical context is from the 1830s to the year 2022. The sea is the Adriatic, and the island is one of more than twelve hundred Croatian islands. Darko and Petar are two friends who face many challenges together, although Petar is always the underdog. After many failures in Europe, they decide to emigrate to Paraguay to prosper in the new world. Darko is very wise and likes to share his knowledge with Petar. They arrive in Argentina and encounter the yellow fever of 1871. Alessandro welcomes them at the port of Buenos Aires. They all travel to Paraguay to start new ventures there after the end of the War of the Triple Alliance against Paraguay. Darko marries Ana, a tender and sweet Paraguayan with whom he has 7 daughters. Despite having achieved all his goals as a man, Darko is periodically confronted with melancholy. An immaterial entity that will remain in his life, travelling through his descendants. Finally, his fourth generation, Danijela, will make an important decision. She will eradicate the evil from her family.

Author: Karolina Od Mora

Publisher: Independently Published

Publication Date: Nov 12, 2024

Number of Pages: 132 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: NA

ISBN-13: 9798346299929