The Strange Journey of Alice Pendelbury

by Marc Levy

“Your solitude will be the end of you! You dream of a perfect love story, but you’re too afraid to let yourself go. The idea of being dependent or even attached to somebody throws you into a panic.

As strange as it sounds, I feel deeply attached to these strange foreign places and people, to the troubling solitude of the old city squares and run-down churches, to the narrow

passages whose worn stone steps lead up and down the hills.

I’m very happy here. I think I’ve never felt so free, and the sensation has become addictive.