A very good book, the first of Victoria Hislop's work that I have encountered. Although I have no knowledge of Greece or Greek history, I found this gripping, the stories of Katererina and Dmitri, and their families were enthralling, as war and disaster engulfed Europe, families were torn apart...
Υπέροχη, αξεπέραστη Χίσλοπ! Ένας "ξένος" άνθρωπος πώς καταφέρνει να κάνει δικό του ένα ελληνικό θέμα και να το περιγράψει λες και το ζει; Τα συναισθήματα των προσφύγων της Μικρασίας, οι εικόνες της καταστροφής του 1922 και φυσικά η μεγάλη πυρκαγιά του 1917 (και όχι μόνο) είναι τόσο καλά μελετημέν...
I picked up this book after reading and loving the Island, and I expected a similar I love historical fiction, seeing how daily life is intertwined and altered through historical events, and hearing the perspectives of people living through it. Not knowing much about the city, or this period of ...
Η Αμμόχωστος λαμπυρίζει στον καλοκαιρινό ήλιο του 1974, καλωσορίζει τους τουρίστες και δέχεται ασήκωτα φορτία στην πλάτη της με τα συνεχή ξενοδοχεία και άλλες κτηριακές επενδύσεις που λαμβάνουν χώρα υπό τη σκιά του τρόμου. Η τουρκική εισβολή ετοιμάζεται να χωρίσει οικογένειες, σπίτια, γη. Όχι, αυ...
It was time to leave for his other hotel. He and Aphroditi were holding a cocktail party for the guests at The Paradise Beach. Before they left, Aphroditi freshened up in the cloakroom of the now almost-finished hotel. She glanced around at the marbled walls and the sculpted stone shells that hel...
She loved Andreas dutifully, and willingly responded to his passion for her. To everyone around her, Anna seemed a faultless wife. She was aware, however, that the family was awaiting the announcement of a pregnancy. The lack of a baby did not bother her at all. There would be plenty of time for ...
From Granada, she took the mountain road rather than the main route south, thinking she would meet fewer people that way. Though it was February and the snow was still thick on the mountain tops around her, she had taken off her thick woollen coat. She walked for five hours that day and, but for ...
Slowly the row of pine trees turned from green to white and their needles sparkled. A crimson-breasted robin puffed out his chest. It was the perfect white Christmas. Santa Claus looked out from between the trees. His huge, round belly was accentuated by a wide belt and his head moved from side t...