ISBN-13: 9781539113126 / Rosyjski / Miękka / 2016 / 420 str.
ISBN-13: 9781539113126 / Rosyjski / Miękka / 2016 / 420 str.
THIS NOVEL IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF COMBINING SENSUALITY, REALISM AND MYSTICISM. IN ADDITION TO FUN, EXCITING AND INTERESTING PRESENTATION, THE PLOT ALSO RETAINS LOGIC AND SUCCESSION OF EVENTS. AS YOU ARE READING, THE NOVEL REVEALS THE FATE OF THE MAIN HEROINE ALEXANDRA WHO PASSES THE WAY FROM ABSOLUTE POVERTY AND IS LUCKY TO FIND HAPPINESS AND GET INTO THE WORLD OF FABULOUS WEALTH. ONCE ANGELO BALOTELLI SAW ALEXANDRA AT THE OPERA HOUSE IN BUCHAREST AND SHE IMPRESSED HIM SO MUCH, THAT HE CHOOSES HER TO BE THE FACE OF THE ITALIAN FASHION HOUSE AND SHE AGREES. SOON SHE BECOMES THE WIFE OF THE COUNT ALEXANDER CESARI, A WELL KNOWN ARCHITECT AND A RICH MAN. HE MET THE GIRL AT THE SHOOTING FOR A FASHION MAGAZINE IN VENICE. READING THE NOVEL, YOU'LL HAVE TO PLUNGE INTO THE WORLD OF LUXURY AND WEALTH, BOTH ITALIAN AND RUSSIAN, AS THE MAIN CHARACTER ACCIDENTALLY CHOOSES A GIRLFRIEND DARIA, WHO IS THE WIFE OF ANGELO BALOTELLI, AND THE DAUGHTER OF A RUSSIAN OIL MAGNATE, THE RICHEST MAN IN THE WORLD. THE BEAUTIFUL WORLD IN WHICH ALEXANDRA FOUND HERSELF IN, THE IMAGES SURROUNDING THE CHARACTERS, THE LANDSCAPES FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD, ARE SO REALISTICALLY DESCRIBED, THAT ATTRACTS THE READER'S ATTENTION AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO FIND THEMSELVES IN THAT WORLD. A GYPSY WOMAN DIVINES THE FUTURE BY THE HAND OF ALEXANDRA THE DAY BEFORE HER EIGHTEENTH BIRTHDAY. AS STRANGE AS IT SEEMS, BUT EVERYTHING SHE HAS PREDICTED COMES TRUE. AND THEN THE INTRIGUE COMES. WHILE PREPARING FOR ALEXANDRA'S 25TH ANNIVERSARY IN THE PALACE OF NAPLES, ONE OF HER TWIN DAUGHTERS DISAPPEARS AND SHE CAN'T BE FOUND ANYWHERE. THE HAPPINESS OF THE DAY TRANSFORMED IMMEDIATELY INTO THE PAIN THE MOMENT ALEXANDRA UNDERSTOOD, THAT HER DAUGHTER JESSICA WAS STOLEN. IT HAPPENED WHEN JESSICA LEFT THE CASTLE TO TAKE THE BALL SHE WAS PLAYING WITH HER FURTHER FATE IS FULL OF UNEXPECTED TWISTS AND THE MOST UNIMAGINABLE EVENTS BECAME A REALITY BY THE END OF THE SECOND PART OF THE NOVEL "REGAINED DAUGHTER" WHEN SHE RETURNS TO THE FAMILY. THE BOOK WOULD NOT BE SO BRIGHT WITHOUT ALEXANDRA'S FRIEND, DARIA. THEIR FRIENDSHIP, WHERE THERE IS NO PLACE FOR BETRAYAL, FITS PERFECTLY IN TUNE WITH THE MAIN STORY LINE. THE AUTHOR GIVES SOME DETAILS ABOUT THE LIFE IN THE COMMUNIST ERA. THAT PERIOD WAS NEITHER GOOD FOR ALEXANDRA IN BUCHAREST, NOR FOR DARIA IN LENINGRAD, RENAMED LATER IN ST. PETERSBURG. FOR ALEXANDRA IT WAS THE CITY SHE IMPRESSED WITH HER WEALTH, BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT BECAME A CRIMINAL CITY OVERTIME AND THE CITY WHERE BOTH DARIA'S DAUGHTER AND ALEXANDRA WERE STOLEN. ALEXANDRA MANAGED TO SAVE HERSELF AND HER FRIEND'S DAUGHTER, A FIVE-YEAR GIRL, FROM CAPTIVITY. EVERYTHING HAPPENED EXACTLY AS IT WAS FORETOLD BY THE GYPSY. THE BOOK CAN BE READ AND REREAD UNLIMITED NUMBER OF TIMES AS THERE YOU'LL FIND SOME INTERESTING FACTS FROM PHILOSOPHY AND PSYCHOLOGY, YOU'LL HAVE TO DEAL WITH TRAGEDY AND THE REALITY OF THE COMMUNIST ERA, AND YOU WILL BE HAPPY FOR ALEXANDRA AS EVERYTHING ENDS HAPPILY FOR HER.