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Journey into Cyprus
Colin Thubron
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Description for Journey into Cyprus
Paperback. Describes a journey on foot around Cyprus, an island.This book intertwines myth, history and personal anecdote in a quest from which the characters and places, architecture and landscape all come alive. Num Pages: 416 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DVC; 3JJPL; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 298.
Cyprus, spring 1972. Tensions are rising between the Greek South and the Turkish North. Within two years, the country will become divided.
It is at this distinctive time in history British travel writer Colin Thubron embarks on a 600 mile trek across the country. Moving from Greek villages to Turkish towns, the author of Shadow of the Silk Road and Night of Fire provides a profound look into the people of Cyprus – from Orthodox monks to wedding parties to peasant families – against the landscape of a beautiful Mediterranean island on the eve of chaos and tragedy. A ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099570257
SKU
V9780099570257
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99-99
About Colin Thubron
Colin Thubron is an acknowledged master of travel writing, and the winner of many prizes and awards. His first writing was about the Middle East - Damascus, Lebanon and Cyprus. In 1982 he travelled into the Soviet Union in an ancient Morris Marina, pursued by the KGB, a journey he recorded in Among the Russians. From these early experiences developed ... Read more
Reviews for Journey into Cyprus
Thubron writes very well indeed... He carries with him the talisman of erudition combined with intuition
Sunday Times
Thubron knows the real Cypriots... He evinces a never unsympathetic observation and a respect for the incongruous that put him in the category of Kinglake and Edward Lear
Daily Telegraph
Purchased by blistered and bleeding feet, this picture ... Read more
Sunday Times
Thubron knows the real Cypriots... He evinces a never unsympathetic observation and a respect for the incongruous that put him in the category of Kinglake and Edward Lear
Daily Telegraph
Purchased by blistered and bleeding feet, this picture ... Read more