MAGNETTE
Subtitle: A CYPRUS ODYSSEY
Publisher: Armida Publications
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Nicosia, Cyprus
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9789963620746
Description: 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.
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.

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 - 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....
Table of contents: title: Prologue 9; title: Who is it? 11; title: Part of the scenery 13; title: Say something 17; title: T he chapter of Revelations 19; title: Heads I win tails you lose 22; title: Blind date 27; title: Born to be wild 31; title: Don’t look back in anger 34; title: Big deal 38; title: Enigma 42; title: Who are you? 44; title: Rock star 49; title: Games people play 56; title: Christmas 62; title: Maria 64; title: T hree’s company too 66; title: Seaside 70; title: Atlantis 73; title: Wrapped up in Books 78; title: T he Good old days 89; title: I am yours 93; title: So young 104; title: T he Lesbian 109; title: How about the love story? 122; title: College 125; title: Knowledge 130; title: Gifts 132; title: Secret Combination 141; title: Religion 144; title: Paphos 151; title: Caves 160; title: Ode to my family 166; title: Break on through; title: (to the other side) 173; title: Kypros 185; title: Happily Ever After? 188; title: Disappearing act 195; title: The long; title: and winding road 196; title: Archaeology 198; title: Where do; title: the children play? 199; title: Down Town 207; title: Eileen 220; title: ABC 223; title: TRAITOR 227; title: Spitfire 261; title: Breaking news 235; title: Under the weather 238; title: Skeletons in the closet 240; title: I killed him 251; title: No more bets 255; title: A plan 259; title: A back-in-time trip 263; title: Oasis 275; title: T he trek 277; title: Epilogue 279; title: Author’s Note 281; title: An Alternative Cyprus Itinerary 282; title: The (very) Ancient Path 286