Cypria (Alex Christofi)

Bloomsbury presents Cypria: A Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean, written and read by Alex Christofi SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANGLO-HELLENIC LEAGUE RUNCIMAN AWARD 2025 "A brilliant exploration of Cyprus's long history of cultural resilience. Superbly composed." -- Guardian One of National Geographic's Summer Reads 2024 Think of a place where you can stand at the intersection of Christian and Arab cultures, at the crossroads of the British, Ottoman, Byzantine, Roman and Egyptian empires; a place marked by the struggle between fascism and communism and where the capital city is divided in half as a result of bloody conflict; where the ancient olive trees of Homer's time exist alongside the undersea cables which link up the world's internet.

Author:: Alex Christofi
Narrator:: Alex Christofi
Content:: Unabridged (chapter list)
Length:: 11:35 h
Format:: MP3 download (488 MB)
Language:: English
Publisher:: Bloomsbury Continuum (2024)
Genres:: History, Travel
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01 - Intro	0:13	1 MB
02 - Dedication Epigraphs	0:54	1 MB
03 - Introduction	16:53	12 MB
04 - Chapter 1	20:49	14 MB
05 - Chapter 2	20:21	14 MB
06 - Chapter 3	19:06	13 MB
07 - Chapter 4	14:19	10 MB
08 - Chapter 5	18:04	12 MB
09 - Chapter 6	27:31	18 MB
10 - Chapter 7	23:10	16 MB
11 - Chapter 8	22:22	15 MB
12 - Chapter 9	29:46	21 MB
13 - Chapter 10	25:32	18 MB
14 - Chapter 11	38:05	27 MB
15 - Chapter 12	24:48	17 MB
16 - Chapter 13	48:01	33 MB
17 - Chapter 14	33:26	23 MB
18 - Chapter 15	49:07	34 MB
19 - Chapter 16	46:49	32 MB
20 - Chapter 17	22:00	15 MB
21 - Chapter 18	59:35	41 MB
22 - Chapter 19	43:50	30 MB
23 - Chapter 20	32:33	23 MB
24 - Chapter 21	34:24	24 MB
25 - Epilogue	18:41	12 MB
26 - Acknowledgements	4:41	3 MB
27 - Outro	0:29	1 MB

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Summary

Bloomsbury presents Cypria: A Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean, written and read by Alex Christofi

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANGLO-HELLENIC LEAGUE RUNCIMAN AWARD 2025
"A brilliant exploration of Cyprus's long history of cultural resilience. Superbly composed." -- Guardian
One of National Geographic's Summer Reads 2024

Think of a place where you can stand at the intersection of Christian and Arab cultures, at the crossroads of the British, Ottoman, Byzantine, Roman and Egyptian empires; a place marked by the struggle between fascism and communism and where the capital city is divided in half as a result of bloody conflict; where the ancient olive trees of Homer's time exist alongside the undersea cables which link up the world's internet.
In Cypria, named after a lost Cypriot epic which was the prequel to The Odyssey, British Cypriot writer Alex Christofi writes a deeply personal, lyrical history of the island of Cyprus, from the era of goddesses and mythical beasts to the present day.
This sprawling, evocative and poetic book begins with the legend of the cyclops and the storytelling at the heart of the Mediterranean culture. Christofi travels to salt lakes, crusader castles, mosques and the eerie town deserted at the start of the 1974 war. He retells the particularly bloody history of Cyprus during the twentieth century and considers his own identity as traveler and returner, as Odysseus was.
Written in sensitive, witty and beautifully rendered prose, with a novelist's flair and eye for detail, Cypria combines the political, cultural and geographical history of Cyprus with reflections on time, place and belonging.
© 2024 Alex Christofi

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