Bloomsbury presents Cypria written and read by Alex Christofi. "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…mehr
Bloomsbury presents Cypria written and read by Alex Christofi. "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 with the legend of the cyclops and the storytelling at the heart of the Mediterranean culture. Christofi travels to salt lakes, crusader castles, mosques and the eerie town deserted at the start of the 1974 war. He retells the particularly bloody history of Cyprus during the twentieth century and considers his own identity as traveler and returner, as Odysseus was. Written in sensitive, witty and beautifully rendered prose, with a novelist's flair and eye for detail, Cypria combines the political, cultural and geographical history of Cyprus with reflections on time, place and belonging.
Alex Christofi is Editorial Director at Transworld Publishers and author of four books published in 12 languages, including the novels Let Us Be True and Glass, winner of the Betty Trask Prize for fiction. He has written for numerous publications including the Guardian, London Magazine, White Review and the Brixton Review of Books, and contributed an essay to the anthology What Doesn't Kill You: Fifteen Stories of Survival. Dostoevsky in Love, his first work of non-fiction, was shortlisted for the Biographers' Club Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize and named as a Literary Non-fiction Book of the Year by the Times and Sunday Times. He followed Dostoevsky in Love with Cypria, a new history of Cyprus and the Meditteranean.
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Timeline Introduction: The City and the City 1. Spume: The birth of the Great Goddess 2. Olive Culture: How trade began 3. The Lost Kingdom of Alashiya: Diving into the Bronze Age 4. Cypria: Survivors of Mycenaean Greece 5. The Purple Ones: Phoenicians and their philosophy 6. Apostle: The Cypriots who spread Christianity 7. Monks and Cats: St Helena's pilgrimage 8. Oasis: The Arab conquest, the Empire of Cyprus and the Third Crusade at sea 9. The Fairytale Castle: The House of Lusignan 10. Lala Mustafa Pasha: The siege of Famagusta and the formation of the Holy LeagueBattle of Lepanto 11. Linen Blend: The Turkish influence 12. Cyprus, New York: How history was weaponised as 'civilisation' 13. Olympians: Religious and secular authority in Britain's Christian colonyBritain's Christian colony 14. The Philhellene: The burning down of Government House 15. Kafeneon: The left and right wing schism 16. Bitter Lemons: The struggle for enosis 17. The Battle of the Knife: The militarisation of Cyprus 18. The Ledra Palace Hotel: The war on neighbours 19. Ghosts: The tragedies of 1974 20. Ayia Napa, Ayia Napa, Ayia Napa: The holiday from the self 21. Drilling for Gods: Moscow on the Med Epilogue: The fort, and the dangers of digging up the past Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements
Timeline Introduction: The City and the City 1. Spume: The birth of the Great Goddess 2. Olive Culture: How trade began 3. The Lost Kingdom of Alashiya: Diving into the Bronze Age 4. Cypria: Survivors of Mycenaean Greece 5. The Purple Ones: Phoenicians and their philosophy 6. Apostle: The Cypriots who spread Christianity 7. Monks and Cats: St Helena's pilgrimage 8. Oasis: The Arab conquest, the Empire of Cyprus and the Third Crusade at sea 9. The Fairytale Castle: The House of Lusignan 10. Lala Mustafa Pasha: The siege of Famagusta and the formation of the Holy LeagueBattle of Lepanto 11. Linen Blend: The Turkish influence 12. Cyprus, New York: How history was weaponised as 'civilisation' 13. Olympians: Religious and secular authority in Britain's Christian colonyBritain's Christian colony 14. The Philhellene: The burning down of Government House 15. Kafeneon: The left and right wing schism 16. Bitter Lemons: The struggle for enosis 17. The Battle of the Knife: The militarisation of Cyprus 18. The Ledra Palace Hotel: The war on neighbours 19. Ghosts: The tragedies of 1974 20. Ayia Napa, Ayia Napa, Ayia Napa: The holiday from the self 21. Drilling for Gods: Moscow on the Med Epilogue: The fort, and the dangers of digging up the past
Timeline Introduction: The City and the City 1. Spume: The birth of the Great Goddess 2. Olive Culture: How trade began 3. The Lost Kingdom of Alashiya: Diving into the Bronze Age 4. Cypria: Survivors of Mycenaean Greece 5. The Purple Ones: Phoenicians and their philosophy 6. Apostle: The Cypriots who spread Christianity 7. Monks and Cats: St Helena's pilgrimage 8. Oasis: The Arab conquest, the Empire of Cyprus and the Third Crusade at sea 9. The Fairytale Castle: The House of Lusignan 10. Lala Mustafa Pasha: The siege of Famagusta and the formation of the Holy LeagueBattle of Lepanto 11. Linen Blend: The Turkish influence 12. Cyprus, New York: How history was weaponised as 'civilisation' 13. Olympians: Religious and secular authority in Britain's Christian colonyBritain's Christian colony 14. The Philhellene: The burning down of Government House 15. Kafeneon: The left and right wing schism 16. Bitter Lemons: The struggle for enosis 17. The Battle of the Knife: The militarisation of Cyprus 18. The Ledra Palace Hotel: The war on neighbours 19. Ghosts: The tragedies of 1974 20. Ayia Napa, Ayia Napa, Ayia Napa: The holiday from the self 21. Drilling for Gods: Moscow on the Med Epilogue: The fort, and the dangers of digging up the past Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements
Timeline Introduction: The City and the City 1. Spume: The birth of the Great Goddess 2. Olive Culture: How trade began 3. The Lost Kingdom of Alashiya: Diving into the Bronze Age 4. Cypria: Survivors of Mycenaean Greece 5. The Purple Ones: Phoenicians and their philosophy 6. Apostle: The Cypriots who spread Christianity 7. Monks and Cats: St Helena's pilgrimage 8. Oasis: The Arab conquest, the Empire of Cyprus and the Third Crusade at sea 9. The Fairytale Castle: The House of Lusignan 10. Lala Mustafa Pasha: The siege of Famagusta and the formation of the Holy LeagueBattle of Lepanto 11. Linen Blend: The Turkish influence 12. Cyprus, New York: How history was weaponised as 'civilisation' 13. Olympians: Religious and secular authority in Britain's Christian colonyBritain's Christian colony 14. The Philhellene: The burning down of Government House 15. Kafeneon: The left and right wing schism 16. Bitter Lemons: The struggle for enosis 17. The Battle of the Knife: The militarisation of Cyprus 18. The Ledra Palace Hotel: The war on neighbours 19. Ghosts: The tragedies of 1974 20. Ayia Napa, Ayia Napa, Ayia Napa: The holiday from the self 21. Drilling for Gods: Moscow on the Med Epilogue: The fort, and the dangers of digging up the past
Notes Bibliography Acknowledgements
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Engaging, vigorous and at times passionate.Christofi offers a personal account as well as a carefully-annotated history. Rich in curious information. David Abulafia, Times Literary Supplement
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