The Sunrise

Victoria Hislop

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Състояние:: Много добро
Забележка:: Почти отлично, неизползвана книга.
Език:: Английски
Наличност:: 1 бр.

За изданието

Издателство:: Headline Review
Град на издаване:: London
Година:: 2014 г.
Език:: Английски
Страници:: 339
Корици:: Твърди
Категория:: Чужда проза
Тегло (гр.):: 594
Ширина (мм):: 160
Височина (мм):: 240
Дебелина (мм):: 30

IN THE SUMMER OF 1972, Famagusta in Cyprus is the most desirable resort in the Mediterranean, a city bathed in the glow of good fortune. An ambitious couple open the island’s most spectacular hotel, where Greek and Turkish Cypriots work in harmony. Two neighbouring families, the Georgious and the Ozkans, are among many who moved to Famagusta to escape the years of unrest and ethnic violence elsewhere on the island. Rut beneath the city’s facade of glamour and success, tension is building. When a Greek coup plunges the island into chaos, Cyprus faces a disastrous conflict. Turkey invades to protect the Turkish Cypriot minority, and Famagusta is shelled. Forty thousand people seize their most precious possessions and flee from the advancing soldiers. In the deserted city, just two families remain. This is their story. * Inspired by a visit to Spinalonga, the abandoned Greek leprosy colony, Victoria Hislop wrote The Island in 2005. It became an international bestseller, published in thirty languages with over 3 million copies sold worldwide, and was turned into a 26-part Greek TV series. She was named Newcomer of the Year at the British Book Awards and is now an ambassador for Lepra. Her affection for the Mediterranean then took her to Spain, and in The Return (also a number one bestseller) she wrote about the painful secrets of its civil war. In her third novel, The Thread, Victoria returned to Greece to tell the extraordinary and turbulent tale of Thessaloniki and its people across the 20th century. Published in 2011 to widespread acclaim, it confirmed her reputation as an inspirational storyteller and was shortlisted for a British Book Award. It was followed by her much-admired collection of Greece-set short stories, The Last Dance and Other Stories. Victoria divides her time between England and Greece. ** THE ISLAND ‘Hislop’s deep research, imagination and patent love of Crete creates a convincing portrait of times on the island... Moving and absorbing’ Evening Standard *** THE RETURN ‘Executed with verve and sensitivity’ Sunday Telegraph ‘The Return aims to open the eyes, and tug the heartstrings... Hislop deserves a medal for opening a breach into the holiday beach bag’ Independent **** THE THREAD ‘This is storytelling at its best and just like a tapestry, when each thread is sewn into place, so emerge the layers and history of relationships past and present’ Sunday Express ‘Sweeping, magnificently detailed and ambitious’ The Sunday Times ***** THE LAST DANCE AND OTHER STORIES ‘A master at evoking a sense of place’ Mail on Sunday ‘Stunning... Intricate, beautifully observed and with a painter’s eye for imagery, in these stories Hislop evokes Greece, its people, its customs and traditions with a sensitivity that reveals her deep knowledge of not just the place but also the human condition’ Express

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