Journey Into Cyprus
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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 remarkable quest rich in literature, classics and architecture, Journey Into Cyprus ingeniously intertwines the history and politics of Cyprus and its mythical past with the tumultuous present – from the master of travel books and writing, Colin Thubron. ‘An accomplished linguist and historian, his passionate concern for antiquity in all its aspects – mythological, architectural, conceptual – lends weight and warmth to every chapter’ Financial Times

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Weight 0.289 kg
Dimensions 2.5 × 13 × 19.8 cm
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Paperback
Language

Pages

416
Publisher

Year Published

2012-6-7
Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom
ISBN 10

0099570254
About The Author

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 his classic travel books: Behind the Wall (winner of the Hawthornden Prize and the Thomas Cook Travel Award), The Lost Heart of Asia, In Siberia (Prix Bouvier) and Shadow of the Silk Road (all available in Vintage). In 2010 Colin Thubron became President the Royal Society of Literature.

Thubron writes very well indeed… He carries with him the talisman of erudition combined with intuition
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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

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