Journey Into Cyprus
$39.16
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2012
Summary
He is the most admirable of guides, deeply versed in the rich history and archaeology of the island, delighting in the legends - Sunday Telegraph
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 o…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099570257 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099570254 |
| Author: | Colin Thubron |
| Publisher: | Vintage Publishing |
| Imprint: | Vintage |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2012 |
| Weight: | 293g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 25mm |
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Critics Review
Thubron writes very well indeed… He carries with him the talisman of erudition combined with intuition
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 is extraordinarily detailed and vivid… 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 *Colin Thubron is in a class of his own * Scotsman *Most memorable and full of insight * Lawrence Durrell *
About The Author
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 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. In 2010 Colin Thubron became President the Royal Society of Literature.
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