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The history of the island of Cyprus is in many ways a world history. Its strategic position means it has been coveted by one foreign power after another. They all came here; the Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, crusaders, Venetians, Genoese, Ottomans, British, and they all left their mark. Aside from the Roman and early-Byzantine ruins of Salamis, the most impressive monuments date from the Frankish and Venetian times; the Abbey of Bellapais, the fortified harbour of Kyrenia, the magnificent cathedrals of Nicosia and Famagusta the setting for Shakespeare s Othello. Sartorius lived in Cyprus for three years. In The Geckos of Bellapais he returns to the cultures and legends, to the colours and the light of the Levant, sifting the sediments of the island s history, including its division after the Turkish invasion of 1974 and the difficulties that followed. Yet this is not the work of a historian or a political scientist, but of a poet, who with the help of friends both Greek and Turkish Cypriots tries to understand this unique place.
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'A ravishing account of the enchantment of a poet by the landscape, the light and the people of this archipelago. [Sartorius] rekindles in us the wish to buy a ticket at once and embark for the islands.' --Orhan Pamuk, on The Princes Islands: Istanbul s Archipelago"
'This delightful book is not really about lizards at all - though Joachim Sartorius's affection for these tiny, semi-transparent cohabitants of a house he once rented in the north of Cyprus does provide a kind of leitmotif.' --Times Literary Supplement
'This is a book to escape to when the stresses of life get too much, and you want to dream about summer and the scent of jasmine and the sight of a Crusader castle.' --Today's Zaman
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'This delightful book is not really about lizards at all - though Joachim Sartorius's affection for these tiny, semi-transparent cohabitants of a house he once rented in the north of Cyprus does provide a kind of leitmotif.' --Times Literary Supplement
'This is a book to escape to when the stresses of life get too much, and you want to dream about summer and the scent of jasmine and the sight of a Crusader castle.' --Today's Zaman
Joachim Sartorius has served as a diplomat to New York, Istanbul, Prague, and Nicosia. Currently, he holds a professorship at the Berlin University of the Arts, where he teaches cultural theory. Stephen Brown is a playwright, translator, and cultural critic. His translations from German include Sartorius's "The Princes' Islands: Istanbul's Archipelago" and Birgit Haustedt's "Rilke's Venice."
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- PublisherHaus Publishing
- Publication date2015
- ISBN 10 1907973915
- ISBN 13 9781907973918
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages192
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Coveted by a succession of foreign powers, Cyprus has been repeatedly occupied over the centuries. The poet Joachim Sartorius examines the history of the island, including its division after the Turkish invasion of 1974, and considers its culture, legends and architecture. Literary Traveller series. Seller Inventory # 509603
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