Alina (novel)

Alina is the second novel, published in 2006, by Northern Ireland writer Jason Johnson. When the eponymous character, an online sex worker or "cam whore", disappears, two mismatched travelling companions leave Belfast for Romania to find her.

The story addresses the abnormality of the underworld relationship between the post-communist east and capitalist west within Europe in the 21st century. It has been described as an exploration of "Ceauşescu's regime via allegory."

Plot summary

Henry Sender discovers that a website he has inherited is an outlet for eastern European webcam operatives, selling themselves live online to customers around the world. As he begins to explore his potentially new career as a webmaster, he "meets" one of his clients, Alina, who rents time on the portal and has a string of disconcerting customers. As an email relationship builds, she suddenly stops communicating and no longer appears online. She had told Henry earlier that she was planning to meet one of her customers in real life.

Alina (disambiguation)

Alina is a female given name of Greek origin.

Alina may also refer to:

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Martín (hache)

Martín (hache) is a 1997 Spanish and Argentine film directed by Adolfo Aristarain and starring Federico Luppi, Juan Diego Botto, Cecilia Roth and Eusebio Poncela.

It was nominated for four Goya Awards in 1998, and Cecilia Roth won one for lead actress.

It was filmed in Buenos Aires, Argentina; Madrid, and Almería, Spain.

Plot summary

Martín, known as Hache, is a 19-year-old Argentinian boy who after his girlfriend leaves him has a nearly fatal drug overdose, thought by many to be an attempted suicide. Afterwards, his mother sends him to Madrid to live with his father, Martin.

Martin, a successful film-maker, doesn't want to take care of his son because he likes living alone and being able to socialize with his two friends, Alicia and Dante, without influencing his son in any negative way since both Alicia and Dante are experienced drug users. Regardless, he brings him into his home, hoping to ward off any evil influences that might cause his son to have a relapse and commit suicide.

San Carlo (Val Poschiavo)

San Carlo is a town in Val Poschiavo, Grisons, Switzerland. It is one of the biggest areas in the Poschiavo valley. It is located to the north of Poschiavo.

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Coordinates: 46°20′34″N 10°03′39″E / 46.3429°N 10.0609°E / 46.3429; 10.0609

Martin (Hampshire cricketer)

Martin (full name and dates of birth and death unknown) was an amateur English cricketer.

Martin represented pre-county club Hampshire in two first-class matches in 1816 against the Marylebone Cricket Club and The Bs. Martin scored 11 runs in his brief first-class career.

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