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Novels and Travelogues on Cyprus

Here are some of the novels and travelogues that concern the island of Cyprus. If you do not find what you're looking for, please e-mail us: info@hellenicbooks.co.uk

Peter Breakwell: A Walk with Aphodite: 'A Memorable Journey through 37 Idyllic Paphos Villages ; Cyprus Travel May30 Paperback; 8vo; pp252+17 colour painting reproductios throughought. A travelogue by Peter Breakwell, detailing his 700 kilometre walk around the environs of Paphos in Cyprus.    Order this Book at £9.50

Barbara Cornwall Lyssarides: My Old Acquaintance: Yesterday in Cyprus ; Cyprus Travel May30 Paperback; 8vo; pp 300 inc some b/w photos in centre. + a few crosswords (!) at rear. A terrific little book looking at various travellers from the crusaders to the 20th century. Emminently readable and highly educational too. S.J.     Order this Book at £13.50

Roger Dawson: Emerald Aphrodite ; CYPRUS Lit MAY19; 1991; paperback; 8vo; pp 329. Revenge for the Turkish invasion by our heroine is the theme to this first novel by Roger Dawson    Order this Book at £6.75

Lawrence Durrell: Bitter Lemons of Cyprus ; Cyprus TRAVEL paperback; 8vo pp256 inc index. One of the superb travelogues by the novelist (Alexandria Quartet, Dark Labyrinth etc.)Lawrence (brother of Gerald) Durrell.First published in 1957 this is the umpteenth reprint. Whilst I'm personally not a great fan of Durrell's fiction, his travel books, of which this one is on Cyprus, are wonderfully written and highly evocative. S.J.    Order this Book at £8.95

Sheila Hawkins: The Back of Beyond: 'With Forty superb theme Illustrations' ; Cyprus Travel May30 Paperback; pp188 inc. glossary; sm8vo; A return to Cyprus for the author and her Cyprus to make a go at living in a rustic, picturesque village in the Arkamas region. Very evocative.   Order this Book at £8.50

Panos Ioannides (editor): Face of an Island: 24 short stories from Cyprus (in English) ; CYPRUS Literature May30 demy 8vo paperback pp 138. Stories by: PHILIPPOU-PERIDES; KRANIDIOTIS; KARMIOS; MONTIS; CHRYSANTHIS; SOLOMONIDOU; KYTHREOTIS; GEORGIOU; MELEAGROU; STYLIANOU; IOANNIDES; KATSOURIS; ROUSSOU; ADIMIDOU; AVRAAMIDOU; LYGAVGIS; GEORGIDES; ANTONIADES; RODITIS; PAVLIDES; HADJIPAPAS; PAVLOU; KOULERMOU AND JOANNIDES. None of them particularly long, but a fine anthology    Order this Book at £12.50

Tine Kemp: The Language of the Heart ; Cyprus Lit MAY19 small 8vo; 1997; pp196; paperback. A Novel,(winner of Cyprus novel of the year in 97,98 or 99 - it doesn't say!) set on the island of Cyprus. 'Marion, divorced and in her late thirties, has left behind an unsatisfactory Western life in pursuit of her dream: to live peacefully in rural Cyprus...'   Offered for sale by Order this Book at £5.95

Seamus MacHugh: Cyprus: An Island Apart - A Personal experience ; Cyprus Travel May30 Paperback; 8vo; pp293 inc bibliography. Details of three years of travelling the island of Cyprus by the author of 'Half Way Round the World in 180 days'    Order this Book at £9.95

Lucy Maroulleti: Ar Ri Andhe Priestess of Cyprogheneua (Aphrodite). ; CYPHIS CYPRUS. 8vo paperback.pp185 Novel set on the island of Cyprus   Order this Book at £14.50

PEN Publications (pubs.): Cypriot Prose-Writers: From Antiquity to 1950 ; Cyprus MAY31 1993; Demy 8vo; paperback; Biographical info. and short extracts from Cypriot prose writers from the 5th century BC (surely not antiquity!) 'Inscription of Iladium' through to 20th century writers such as Akritas and Nikolaides. Order this Book at £8.50

PEN Publications (pubs.): Cyprus PEN Review No. 1 ; Cyprus MAY31 Paperback Demy 8vo 1984; pp63. Short extracts in English of Cypriot writers such as Panos Ioannides, Christakis Georgiou, Claire Angelidou and Nayia Roussou, translated by the likes of Robert Zelenka, Mary Ioannides, Amy Mims etc.    Order this Book at £5.95

Yiorgos Phillipou-Pierides: Memories and Stories from Egypt. ; Cyprus MAY31 Sm8vo Paperback; pp111. Chronologically arranged (from 1913 to 1946 and an addendum of 1954) memoirs of the times when the Greeks and Cypriots had a flourishing community in Egypt; esp. Alexandria - birthplace of the Greek poet Cavafy. Sorry about the price; I have absolutely no idea why it's this expensive!  Order this Book at £17.50

G. Philippou Perides trans:D Martin and S Stavrou. intro by T Stavrou: Tetralogy of the Times: Stories from Cyprus ; CYPRUS MAY19 Lit 8vo; Hardback; pp 270 5 themes each containing short stories by renowned Cypriot author, translated into English. Order this Book at £27.50

Thomas Symeou: Yiorgos Phillippou Pierides ; Cyprus MAY31 Demy 8vo; Paperback pp43 inc contens (surely index) at rear, A book in the 'Literary profile' series of PEN publications. Includes 'a brief retrospective study of his life and work' and extracts of Philippou Pierides writings.   Order this Book at £5.25

Colin Thubron: Journey into Cyprus ; CYPRUS CYPTRA Small 8vo; Paperback; pp256 inc index. Expertly written travelogue to the island of Cyprus '...a six hundred mile trek on foot in the last year of the island's peace...' which remains thoroughly readable to this day. S.J.   Order this book at £8.99

Geoff Unsworth: The Cats of Paphos ; CYPRUS CYPHIS Novel small 8vo; paperback; pp179; 1993. Cats stave off the invasion of the rats, deserting a sinkiking ship, on Cyprus with the help of a Pelican, a turtle and some snakes. Even St. Helena makes an appearance. Confused? Think metaphorically!    Order this Book at £6.95