num_pages: 224
description: This book is the story of Emma Tennant's parent's house, Rovinia, set above the bay in Corfu where legend has it Ulysses was shipwrecked and found by Nausicaa, daughter of King Alcinous. It is also the story of people like Maria, a miraculous cook and the presiding spirit of the house, and her husband, Thodoros, and of the inhabitants of the local village, high on the hill above the bay.Full of color and contrast, A House in Corfu shows the huge changes in island life since the time of the Tennants' arrival, and celebrates, equally, the joy of belonging to a timeless the world of vine, olive, and sea.
language: English
title: A House in Corfu: A Family's Sojourn in Greece
titlecomplete: A House in Corfu: A Family's Sojourn in Greece
genres: Nonfiction, Travel, Memoir, Greece
ratings_count: 178
places: Corfu
publisher: Holt Paperbacks