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Cypria
- A Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean
- Narrated by: Alex Christofi
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
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Summary
Bloomsbury presents Cypria written and read by Alex Christofi.
"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 writes 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.
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- Alexia
- 03-06-24
Grateful for this rich & profound book
Well researched, insightful, heartfelt, profound and beautifully written as well as daring and honest. Thank you.
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- James
- 15-09-24
A gripping and accessible history of Cyprus
Excellently read by the author, this book approached the history of Cyprus with a personal, balanced and kind voice, giving life to facts and dates with intervoven stories of key figures and anecdotes from the author's own life. Looking back from the ancients to the present day, Cypria is a fascinating and compassionate review of an island and a people so often at the crossroads of history.
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