The Cypriot - Couverture souple

Koumi, Andreas

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1903660041 ISBN 13 : 9781903660041

Editeur : Dexter Haven, 2009

Synopsis

The Cypriot is a powerful story of love across a divide of religion and identity, of passionate loyalties and heart-rending choices. It is the 1950s: Cyprus is under British rule. The struggle for freedom begins. To the Orthodox Christian majority, freedom means enosis - union with Greece. To the Muslim minority, enosis means disaster. Andonis, a Christian, struggles for his own freedom: to be a tailor and escape a life in his father's fields; to be a Cypriot and be with his forbidden Muslim love. At stake are family and friendships, beliefs and traditions, village and homeland. The novel builds to a climax in the Turkish invasion of 1974, an event whose impact is still felt regionally and globally. This is a gripping story of a community torn apart by outside forces, of mistrust and bloodshed fuelled by international politics. It gives the background to the partition and acrimony that still exist in Cyprus, now reappearing on news agendas with an EU angle, following Cyprus's accession and the start of Turkey's membership negotiations.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

ANDREAS KOUMI was born in London to Cypriot parents. He lives inSouthgate with his fiancée Margarita, and has been a journalist for the UKCypriot press and an advertising copywriter. In 1996, he establishedExposure, an award-winning youth media participation project, now aregistered charity with a staff of nine, and has made many appearances onnational television, radio and in the press. BBC Radio 4 have commissionedan adaptation of one of his plays as a pilot sitcom.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dexter Haven
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1903660041
• ISBN 13: 9781903660041
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 287
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible