Magnette: A Cypress Odyssey
£14.00
ISBN
9789963620746
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A strange bet, with a vintage car at stake, results in an unlikely job for a college professor. Once a week, for an hour or so, he is obliged to drive an old man around Cyprus.
| Weight | 0.460000 |
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| ISBN13/Barcode | 9789963620746 |
| ISBN10 | 9963620744 |
| Author | Elmos Konis |
| Binding | Paperback |
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| Date Published | 6th June 2010 |
| Report Date | 2025/11/27 |
| Pages | 288 |
| Publisher | Armida Publications |
A strange bet, with a vintage car at stake, results in an unlikely job for a college professor. Once a week, for an hour or so, he is obliged to drive an old man around Cyprus.
Almost as a hobby, the professor tries to uncover the old man’s secretive past and in the meantime gets a healthy dose of his own medicine, education, from this unlikeliest of sources. Mr. Aris, the old man, proves to be a fountain of interesting though often obscure and even questionable information. All this makes for a refreshingly new perspective on life and Cyprus.
This book is a treasure trove of fascinating facts. But it is a lot more than that. It is a tale of forbidden love and the terrible consequences of war.
It is an account of abject struggle against poverty and a heart-warming love affair with a country, Cyprus – and a car.
Adventure, friendship, romance, ancient mythology, modern history, mysterious old codes and all these against the backdrop of this beautiful Mediterranean island we know so little about….