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‘The Cypriot’
The Cypriot Academy has supported the researching, writing, editing and promotion of ‘The Cypriot’, a novel published by Dexter Haven Publishing, an imprint of Black Spring Press.
A story of love across a divide of religion and identity, of passionate loyalties and heart-rending choices.
The 1950s: Cyprus is under British rule. The struggle for freedom begins. To the Orthodox Christian majority, freedom means enosis – union with Greece. To the Muslim minority, enosis means disaster. Andonis, a Christian, struggles for his own freedom: to be a tailor and escape a life in his father’s fields; to be a Cypriot and be with his forbidden Muslim love. At stake are family and friendships, beliefs and traditions, village and homeland.
The first launch event for ‘The Cypriot’ in July 2006, which included a reading and discussion with the author, was filmed by Aspects Multimedia Productions and can be viewed as a webcast. Further readings and book signings have taken place at the House of Commons, Theatro Technis, Bruce Castle Museum, the Phoenix Cinema, Palmers Green Bookshop and branches of Waterstone’s in central and north London.
‘The Cypriot’ is on sale or can be ordered at all good bookshops in the UK and Cyprus. Online it can be purchased from Amazon and Black Spring Press.
A Greek version of ‘The Cypriot’ has been published by Dioptra as ‘I prosmoni’ (‘The expectation’). It is on sale or can be ordered at all good bookshops in Greece. Online it can be purchased from Kyknos.
For further details please contact mail@cypriotacademy.com.
Extracts from ‘The Cypriot’
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