The Sunrise

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Lidl ήταν πιο ενδιαφέρουσες. Το ξανάρχισα πεισματικά τώρα, μετά από μια έκθεση που είδα για την Αμμόχωστο και με αφορμή ότι το καλοκαίρι θα (ξανα)πάω στην Κύπρο… Από τις πρώτες 50 σελίδες όμως ήθελα να το αφήσω και από πείσμα και μόνο το τελείωσα… Sometimes poignant but never upsetting, this book highlights the strength of love, friendship and resilience over adversity. Complemented wonderfully by Gill Smith’s beautiful illustrations, this is an ideal book for older early readers who are ready explore more complex themes associated such as coping with adversity and having respect for others who may be different from themselves. Aphroditi is the poor little rich girl somewhere in the middle, marrying for love and a future as an equal partner but having to settle for far less. Hislop, αλλά δεν μπορώ να κάνω διαφορετικά. Ήδη ανέφερα πως την θεωρώ μια εξαιρετικά υπερτιμημένη συγγραφέα. Ναι μεν τα κείμενά της είναι διάχυτα από συναίσθημα, όμως αυτό δεν είναι πάντα αρκετό ώστε να σε κερδίσει ένα λογοτεχνικό εγχείρημα. Ειδικά όταν γίνεται με τρόπο αφελή, επιφανειακό, επίπεδο και ουδέτερο, όπως στην περίπτωση της "Ανατολής", παρά που η συγγραφέας κάνει απέλπιδες προσπάθειες να μας πείσει για το αντίθετο. Ως Γιώτα, βρήκα πολύ πεζούς και τους χαρακτήρες της, και το ψυχογράφημά τους, αλλά και το πως αλληλεπιδρούν δεδομένων των συνθηκών όπου έχουν βρεθεί και πολύ περισσότερο, δεδομένου του πως στην πραγματικότητα θέλει η ίδια η δημιουργός να μας το περάσει όλο αυτό. Ναι μεν αντιλαμβανόμαστε που το πάει αλλά, για μένα, αποτυγχάνει παταγωδώς αφού, στο τέλος, έπιασα τον εαυτό μου να μην ενδιαφέρεται για κανέναν ήρωα, ούτε για την κατάληξη αυτού. Hislop captures well the dreamy and Edenic time before the occupation as well as the fear and chaos afterward.

Victoria Hislop's fascinating new novel, The Sunrise, is set in 1972 in the tourist city of Famagusta on the island of Cyprus in the Mediterranean. Aphroditi and Savvas Papacostas are preparing for the opening of their new hotel, The Sunrise, the most extravagant hotel on the island. The story takes place in Famagusta/Ammochostos and as the Greek name implies, a city buried in sand. Heartbreaking… A fascinating insight into a part of Mediterranean history that isn’t often explored ( Essentials) These postcards are originals from 1972 (before the Turkish invasion), when the city of Famagusta was a kind of paradise. These were the early days of tourism as we know it now, when people discovered the joys of flying to a Mediterranean country and enjoying a vacation. At the time of the invasion, in August 1974, there were 40,000 inhabitants (mostly Greek Cypriots) and the number was swelled in the summer by the thousands of holidaymakers who came from all round the world to enjoy the warm climate, stunning beach and clear, azure sea. The other main character is Markos Georgiou. He is the manager of the night club at The Sunrise and becomes so indispensable to Savvas that he becomes his right hand man. However Markos feels much resentment towards his employers. They have so much and take him for granted.

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When Helena inherits her grandparents’ apartment in Athens, she is overwhelmed with memories of the summers she spent there as a child, when Greece was under a brutal military dictatorship. Her remote, cruel grandfather was one of the regime’s generals and as she sifts through the dusty rooms, Helena discovers an array of valuable objects and antiquities. How did her grandfather amass such a trove? What human price was paid for them? This cookie is stored by WPML WordPress plugin. The purpose of the cookie is to store the redirected language. Helena’s desire to find answers about her heritage dovetails with a growing curiosity for archaeology, ignited by a summer spent with volunteers on a dig on an Aegean island. Their finds fuel her determination to protect the precious fragments recovered from the baked earth – and to understand the origins of her grandfather’s collection.

Hislop’s love for Greece shines and transports readers through space and time to a brilliantly drawn world” In the summer of 1972, Famagusta in Cyprus is the most desirable resort in the Mediterranean, a city bathed in the glow of good fortune. An ambitious couple are about to open the island's most spectacular hotel, where Greek and Turkish Cypriots work in harmony. Two neighbouring families, the Georgious and the Özkans, are among many who moved to Famagusta to escape the years of unrest and ethnic violence elsewhere on the island. But beneath the city's façade of glamour and success, tension is building. Bestselling novelist Victoria and Private Eye editor Ian met at Oxford University, their daughter Emily graduated from the same esteemed establishment and their son William is currently studying history there. years ago, the Cypriot town of Famagusta was occupied by Turkish forces. Today it’s capturing media attention once again, as the subject of Victoria Hislop’s new novel, “The Sunrise,” which will be released in Greece on October 22. The island of Cyprus provides the setting for this novel of politics and romance as the action moves from the pastoral to the volatile.There is change on Cyprus too. Clashes between the Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots come to a head when in 1974, a Greek coup d'etat results in Turkey invading Cyprus, and Famagusta becomes a war zone. Adroitly plotted and deftly characterised, Hislop’s gripping novel tells the stories of ordinary Greek and Turkish families trying to preserve their humanity in a maelstrom of deception, betrayal and ethnic hatred ( Mail on Sunday)