Journey Into Cyprus
Journey Into Cyprus by Colin Thubron is a New Ed edition published by Penguin in 1986, featuring 256 pages in English. This book presents an account of a unique journey, detailing a six-hundred-mile trek on foot around Cyprus during the last year of the island’s peace. Thubron intertwines myth, history, and personal anecdotes, offering insights into the people, their history, and the beauty of the island, which is depicted as being on the brink of tragedy.
Readers will find a rich exploration of Cyprus that captures its architecture, landscape, and the vibrant characters encountered along the way. The narrative delves into themes of religion and spirituality, while also reflecting on the broader context of travel in Europe and the Middle East. Through vivid descriptions, Thubron invites readers to experience the complexities of the island and its cultural heritage, making this work a significant contribution to the genre of essays and travelogues.
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Beautifully packaged reissue of Colin Thubron’s classic which bring the whole of his backlist into Vintage,
The people, their history and the beauty of an island on the brink of tragedy.
This is the account of a unique journey — a six-hundred-mile trek on foot around Cyprus in the last year of the island’s peace. Colin Thubron intertwines myth, history and personal anecdote in a quest from which the characters and places, architecture and landscape all spring vividly to the reader’s eye.
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