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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 wit

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A brilliant exploration of Cyprus's long history of cultural resilience. Superbly composed. -- GuardianPoetic...Compelling -- New StatesmanOne of National Geographic's... Read more

    Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
    Publication Date: 5/9/2024
    ISBN13: 9781399401890, 978-1399401890
    ISBN10: 1399401890

    Non Fiction , ELT & Literary Studies , Education

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    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 wit

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