The Secret Gardens of Mogador

5 hrs. 5 min.

Romance & Prose

Language Russian

Author Rui Sanchez Alberto

Narrator Elena Chubarova

Description

The novel "The Secret Gardens of Mogador" is, as the author puts it, “a poetic exploration of the phenomenon of desire, of lust.” Across the world, Alberto Rui Sanchez searched for “wonderful corners where nature and sensuality are intertwined.” All the gardens reflected in his novel are the fruit of real passion—embellished by delusions. And in his portrayal of passion, Rui Sanchez is truly unmatched, because he documents it “with such accuracy that poetry breaks into the boundaries of reality—with accuracy unattainable by other genres.” Thus, like the sultan in the fairy tales of "One Thousand and One Nights"—from Shahrazad—each night Hassiba, the gardener’s daughter, demands from the storyteller a new story about yet another secret garden…