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A WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024

"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.

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  • Title Cypria: A Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean - Shortlisted for the London Hellenic Prize
  • Author Alex Christofi
  • Binding Hardback
  • Pages 352
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Bloomsbury Continuum
  • Publication date 2024-07-23
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Dust Cover, Illustrated
  • ISBN 9781399401883 / 1399401882
  • Weight 1.29 lbs (0.59 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.45 x 6.28 x 1.23 in (24.00 x 15.95 x 3.12 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
    • Cultural Region: Greece
    • Cultural Region: Mediterranean
    • Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress subjects Cyprus - History
  • Dewey Decimal Code 956.93

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  • Foreword, 06/10/2024, Page 0

About the author

Alex Christofi is Editorial Director at Transworld 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, and the White Review. Dostoevsky in Love was named as a Literary Non-fiction Book of the Year by The Times and Sunday Times.
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