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From the New York Times-bestselling author of the Alexandria Quartet: "A superlative piece of . . . writing . . . rooted in the Mediterranean scene" (Time). In 1953, as the British Empire relaxes its grip upon the world, the island of Cyprus bucks for independence. Some cry for union with Athens, others for an arrangement that would split the island down the middle, giving half to the Greeks and the rest to the Turks. For centuries, the battle for the Mediterranean has been fought on this tiny spit of land, and now Cyprus threatens to rip itself in half. Into this escalating conflict steps Lawrence Durrell--poet, novelist, and a former British government official. After years serving the Crown in the Balkans, he yearns for a return to the island lifestyle of his youth. With humor, grace, and passable Greek, Durrell buys a house, secures a job, and settles in for quiet living, happy to put up his feet until the natives begin to consider wringing his neck. More than a travel memoir, this is an elegant picture of island life in a changing world.… (más)
Describe los tres años, entre 1953 y 1956, en que el autor de ese hito de la narrativa erótica que es el Cuarteto de Alejandría, residió en la isla de Chipre en el Mediterráneo. Tras años opacos haciendo de diplomático en Argentina y Yugoslavia, relata el escritor británico nacido en Darjeeling, India, lo que más deseaba en la vida era retirarse, comprar una casa barata en un lugar tranquilo, de preferencia aislado, arreglarla a su modo y vivir sin saber del resto del mundo. ( )
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But the poor Cypriots are much-enduring people, and God in his Mercy avenges them; they are no more rulers than the poor serfs and hostages are; they make no sign at all. Portents do not speak falsely, for those who have experience of them recognize their truthfulness. - The Chronicle of Makarios
A race advancing on the East must start with Cyprus. Alexander, Augustus, Richard and Saint Louis took that line. A race advancing on the West must start with Cyprus. Sargon, Ptolemy, Cyrus, Haroun-al-Rashid took this line. When Egypt and Syria were of first-rate value to the West, Cyprus was of first-rate value to the West. Genoa and Venice, struggling for the trade of India, fought for Cyprus and enjoyed supremacy in the land by turns. After a new route by sea was found to India, Egypt and Syria declined in value to the Western nations. Cyprus was then forgotten; but the opening of the Suez Canal ha suddenly restored her to her ancient pride of place. - British Cyprus, W. Hepworth Dixon, 1887
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To AUSTEN HARRISON of Lapithos in Cyprus
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Journeys, like artists, are born and not made. A thousand differing circumstances contribute to them, few of them willed or determined by the will--whatever we may think.
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Recent research has carried the history of Cyprus back to the early Neolithic age, around 3700 B.C., when the Island seems to have been first settled by an enterprising people whose origins are obscure. Colonial Report - Cyprus 1954
If you should come to Kyrenia Don't enter the walls. If you should enter the walls Don't stay long. If you should stay long Don't get married. If you should get married Don't have children. - Turkish Song
Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice neither is in my opinion safe. - Edmund Burke
If God had not made brown honey men would think figs much sweeter than they do. - Xenophanes
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'But he will have to go on killing them - with regret, even with affection.'
From the New York Times-bestselling author of the Alexandria Quartet: "A superlative piece of . . . writing . . . rooted in the Mediterranean scene" (Time). In 1953, as the British Empire relaxes its grip upon the world, the island of Cyprus bucks for independence. Some cry for union with Athens, others for an arrangement that would split the island down the middle, giving half to the Greeks and the rest to the Turks. For centuries, the battle for the Mediterranean has been fought on this tiny spit of land, and now Cyprus threatens to rip itself in half. Into this escalating conflict steps Lawrence Durrell--poet, novelist, and a former British government official. After years serving the Crown in the Balkans, he yearns for a return to the island lifestyle of his youth. With humor, grace, and passable Greek, Durrell buys a house, secures a job, and settles in for quiet living, happy to put up his feet until the natives begin to consider wringing his neck. More than a travel memoir, this is an elegant picture of island life in a changing world.
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