Books from Cyprus
13 popular cypriot books
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The target of the Read Around The World Challenge is to read at least one book written by an author from each and every country in the world.
All books that are listed here as part of the "Read Around Europe Challenge" were written by authors from Cyprus.
Find a great book for the next part of your reading journey around the world from this book list. The following popular books have been recommended so far.
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A Good Year by Polis Loizou EN
Description:
Rural Cyprus, 1925. Despo is recently married, heavily pregnant and deeply afraid. The twelve days of Christmas are beginning - the time when, according to local folklore, creatures known as kalikantzari come up from Hell to wreak havoc. Meanwhile, her husband Loukas has troubles of his own. Struggling with dreams and desires he doesn't understand, he finds himself irresistibly drawn to an Englishman, a newcomer to the island. In a village wreathed in superstition, Despo and Loukas must protect themselves and their unborn child from ominous forces at play.
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Between the Orange Groves by Nadia Marks EN
Description:
In a small village set among the wild mountains of Cyprus, two families of different faiths share a seemingly unbreakable friendship based on mutual respect and deep affection. Mothers and daughters share their daily secrets, fathers and sons support each other as they live their lives between the fragrant pine trees and orange groves. It's here that two boys, Lambros and Orhan, grow up side by side, as close as brothers. Their lives are inextricably linked, but as their fortunes shift and time passes, an unforgivable act of betrayal takes place, setting in motion a chain of events that tears ... continue
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Closed Doors by Costas Montis EN
Description:
In this heart-rending novella-chronicle, Costas Montis gives a poignant portrayal of the EOKA (Greek for National Organization of Cypriot Fighters) struggle to achieve independence for Cyprus from the British yoke in the years 1955-59. Closed Doors is intended as an answer to Bitter Lemons by Lawrence Durrell, who was a British official in Cyprus at the time. The 1955-59 years were a period filled with unparalleled courage and heroism. Amidst oppression, torture, executions, and hangings, the Greek Cypriots emerge immensely heroic, and bravely shake off the British occupation. Costas Montis su... continue
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How Do You Find a Black Cat in a Dark Room by Jacob Burak EN
Description:
Why do people without a sense of humor persist in telling jokes that aren't funny?Does playing classical music to babies really aid their development?Why do thin and tall people earn more?Is it possible to move a table by mind power?Why are more newborns boys?Why is one of the guns in a firing squad loaded with blanks?How much is the author's corpse worth? And the corpses' of his readers'?Writing in the personal and witty style we have come to associate with the author of Do Chimpanzees Dream of Retirement and his other best-sellers, Jacob Burak addresses all of these questions in his new book... continue
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Ledra Street : Stories by Nora Nadjarian EN
Description:
A first collection of short stories by award-winning Cypriot poet and writer Nora Nadjarian. For the title story 'Ledra Street', Nadjarian created a fictional fatal accident whose absurdity mirrors the tragic lack of logic with which a street in Nicosia has been cut in half by the partition of the capital city. The story was Runner-Up in the Commonwealth Short Story Competition in 2001. The stories in Ledra Street range from evocative single lines to sardonic yet compassionate accounts of life in the world's last divided capital. Whether she writes about couples falling in and o... continue
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Selfie and Other Stories by Nora Nadjarian EN
Description:
Intense and atmospheric, sometimes funny and always honest, these stories are narratives about women in love, in confusion, in isolation. Nadjarian writes about love and loss, human contact and entanglement with the haunting resonance of dream and fable. Her characters are all searching for something missing from their seemingly ordinary lives and the spare, nuanced prose gives the reader a glimpse into their secrets, fears and, essentially, the human heart.