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Cypria: A Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean

Door Alex Christofi

Categorie
Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer
#416099-XZ8
Titel
Cypria: A Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean
Auteur
Christofi, Alex
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
London : Bloomsbury Continuum
Jaar van uitgave
2024
ISBN10
1399401890
ISBN13
9781399401890
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, illustrated with some photographs, 8vo.
Samenvatting
A WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 "A brilliant exploration of Cyprus's long history of cultural resilience. Superbly composed." -- Guardian "Poetic... Compelling" -- New Statesman One of National Geographic's Summer Reads 2024 Think of a place where you can stand at the intersection of Christian and Arab cultures, at the crossroads of the British, Ottoman, Byzantine, Roman and Egyptian empires; a place marked by the struggle between fascism and communism and where the capital city is divided in half as a result of bloody conflict; where the ancient olive trees of Homer's time exist alongside the undersea cables which link up the world's internet. In Cypria, named after a lost Cypriot epic which was the prequel to The Odyssey, British Cypriot writer Alex Christofi writ... (Lees verder)es a deeply personal, lyrical history of the island of Cyprus, from the era of goddesses and mythical beasts to the present day. This sprawling, evocative and poetic book begins with the legend of the cyclops and the storytelling at the heart of the Mediterranean culture. Christofi travels to salt lakes, crusader castles, mosques and the eerie town deserted at the start of the 1974 war. He retells the particularly bloody history of Cyprus during the twentieth century and considers his own identity as traveler and returner, as Odysseus was. Written in sensitive, witty and beautifully rendered prose, with a novelist's flair and eye for detail, Cypria combines the political, cultural and geographical history of Cyprus with reflections on time, place and belonging.
Pagina's
332
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 15,00

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