ISBN-13: 978-1469957524
ISBN-10: 1469957523
A Dream from Autumn's Heart is the story of Nefeli, a young woman who finds herself trapped in a lift for three days after an earthquake, where she narrates to a stranger the story of her curious life. There, she has realizations about her past, her present and her future, putting together an unpredictable course of her life's events. Harry, the stranger, is an enigmatic, not-so-successful writer, who ends up in the lift by accident while searching for a story for his new novel. On the other hand, Nefeli is searching for balance amidst her emotional fragility, and understanding of her own desire. In the moments they share, they form an unusual connection, capable of both captivating them and enabling them to set themselves free. (read more...)
“What did you feel?”
“ I saw that, behind these happy eyes, your mind became lost in a melancholy idea. And at those brief moments your gaze kept something of the sorrow of those thoughts with it for a time, and it seemed like that was your real look and all the rest were invented to cover it up."
Silence fell in that elevator and she looked at him with the look “that cannot be described,” the one the Yuppie had mentioned; it was like he could touch her.
"During a devastating earthquake in Athens, Nefeli finds herself trapped in an elevator with a stranger who will change her life."
"An alegoric story of life in Greece."
Harry
