Cafe Tempest: Adventures on a Small Greek Island - Softcover

Bonfigli, Barbara; Espinosa, Ana

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0981645321 ISBN 13: 9780981645322

Publisher: Tell Me Press, LLC, 2010

Synopsis

Welcome to Pharos, a small Greek island with no airport but plenty of means of escape. It's a sparkling necklace of turquoise bays and sun-laced platias, where ice trays are still being test-marketed and donkeys have the right of way. Your guide is Sarah, an independent thirty-something American writer and theatrical producer living in London. She's just had a hit in the West End and a breakup with her boyfriend, and she's returning to her favorite laid-back island to recover her equanimity. Armed with a sizzling wit, a dangerously limited Greek vocabulary, and a pitch-perfect ear for drama, Sarah navigates the major egos and minor storms of a cab driver Caliban, a postmaster Prospero, and a host of fishermen dukes and knaves. When she falls in love, there are even trickier seas to navigate. Her own offstage romance provides an exhilarating, unpredictable counterpoint to Shakespeare's tale of magic, intrigue, and the power of love.

About this title

About the Author:

BARBARA BONFIGLI—author, lyricist, theatrical producer—hitchhiked to Greece in her first nomadic summer and discovered her native land. She’s been exploring it ever since—hiking in the Pelion, kayaking in the Dodecanese, sailing the Aegean. She wore out five passports and four continents before settling down on a mythical Greek island to uncork her memories, her imagination, and a bottle or two of retsina. The result is her first novel, Café Tempest: Adventures on a Small Greek Island.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tell Me Press, LLC
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0981645321
• ISBN 13: 9780981645322
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 310
• Illustrator: Franchetti Gaia