num_pages: 1
description: Bitter Lemons of Cyprus "is not a political book but simply a somewhat impressionistic study of the moods and atmospheres of Cyprus during the troubled years 1953–56." So wrote Lawrence Durrell in the preface to this longtime bestseller. Durrell brilliantly captures the romance, beauty, excitement, and sadness of the island, as well as the lives of the people of Bellapaix. Writing with great affection and lyrical style, Durrell charts the relationships of the inhabitants and the gradual uprising of the Greek Cypriots, who wanted union with Greece. Andrew Sachs inhabits the voices of both Turkish and Greek Cypriots with authenticity and compassion.
language: English
title: Bitter Lemons of Cyprus
titlecomplete: Bitter Lemons of Cyprus
characters: Makarios III, Austen Harrison, John Lehmann, Patrick Leigh Fermor, Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1st Viscount Boyd of Merton, Gerald Durrell, Claude-Marie Vincendon, Sir Harry Luke, Lawrence Durrell, John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton, Rose Macaulay, Sir Robert Armitage, Georgios Grivas
genres: Biography, Greece, Memoir, Nonfiction, Literature, Classics, Autobiography, Travel, Biography Memoir, History
ratings_count: 2404
places: British Empire, Nicosia, Cyprus, Bellapaix, Kyrenia
awards: awardedAt: -410198400000
name: Duff Cooper Prize
publisher: CSA Word