A chance meeting on the fijian island of taveuni is the trigger for a fascinating and mysterious novel that intertwines the stories of john spooke, an English author who is grieving for his dead wife; frank andersen, a n...A chance meeting on the fijian island of taveuni is the trigger for a fascinating and mysterious novel that intertwines the stories of john spooke, an English author who is grieving for his dead wife; frank andersen, a norwegian evolutionary biologist estranged from his wife vera; and an enigmatic Spanish couple, ana and jose, who are absorbed in their love for each other. Why does ana bear such a close resemblance to the model For Goya's famous maja paintings?