(P/B) BITTER LEMONS OF CYPRUS

Παρουσίαση

Cyprus, 1953. As the island fights for independence from British colonial rule, ancient conflicts between Turkish and Greek Cypriots trouble the glittering Mediterranean waters. Into the brewing political storm enters Lawrence Durrell, yearning for the idyllic island lifestyle of his youth in Corfu.
He settles into a dilapidated villa, and with his poet's eye for beauty - and passable Greek - vividly captures the moods and atmospheres of island life in a changing world. Whether collecting folklore or wild flowers, describing the brewing revolution or eccentric local characters, Durrell is a magician with words: and the result is not only a classic travel memoir, but an intimate portrait of a community lost forever.
WINNER OF THE DUFF COOPER MEMORIAL PRIZE. (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

Preface
Towards an Eastern Landfall
A Geography Lesson
Voices at the Tavern Door
How to Buy a House
The Tree of Idleness
The Swallows Gather
A Telling of Omens
The Winds of Promise
The Satrap
Point of No Return
The Feast of Unreason
The Vanishing Landmarks
A Pocketful of Sand
'Bitter Lemons'
Select Bibliography
Index