Aphrodite's War - Rilegato

Busfield, Andrea

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ISBN 10: 038561845X ISBN 13: 9780385618458

Casa editrice: Doubleday, 1999

Riassunto

Fifteen-year-old Loukis is the last of four boys to be born into a big rural Cypriot family. Desperate to be free of his youngest son status, and to get the girl he loves, he elopes to join the resistance forces against the British. Joining a cell operating as irritants in the mountains, Loukis forges a firm friendship with his fellow schoolboy terrorists. Toulla, the lone female comrade in arms, shines a candle for Loukis, but Loukis' heart is firmly spoken for. Then, on a hot, lazy day, as Toulla runs into their hideout, Loukis hears a deafening explosion. It is an atrocity no enemy could ever have committed. Stricken by the appalling tragedy, teenage Loukis returns to his village a Man. But he is met with devasting brotherly rivalry, and the news that his sweetheart has married someone else. A story of foolish valour and the futility of violence, this novel will rip at your heart. In telling the story of Cyprus' war of attrition, it shows how no amount of love can ever be enough to stop a nation at war with itself.

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Descrizione del libro:

An evocative story of war, tragedy and passion, perfect for fans of Margaret Cezair-Thompson,

L'autore:

Andrea Busfield is a British journalist. Having lived in Afghanistan, where she wrote her first Kabul-set novel BORN UNDER A MILLION SHADOWS, she returned to Cyprus, where she lived as a young girl in the 70s and witnessed the Turkish invasion of the island. She and her family were evacuated in 1974.

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• Editore: Doubleday
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• ISBN 10: 038561845X
• ISBN 13: 9780385618458
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 384