Bitter Lemons of Cyprus: Life On a Mediterranean Island
The book Bitter Lemons of Cyprus: Life On a Mediterranean Island was written by author Lawrence Durrell Here you can read free online of Bitter Lemons of Cyprus: Life On a Mediterranean Island book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Bitter Lemons of Cyprus: Life On a Mediterranean Island a good or bad book?
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—XENOPHANES I HAD TO COLLECT some books and papers from the house on the morning of the execution. A general strike had been declared in the capital, paralysing the ordinary transactions of life and creating a grim artificial holiday for us all. Such extensive precautions had been taken against civil violence that I did not fear a serious newsbreak or that my absence would be remarked. “You are mad to go to your village today of all days,” said Achilles. Nevertheless time was so short that there... was no other way to retrieve the papers I needed. It was a beautiful ringing day and the curling streets were thick with almond and peach blossom. As I turned the last corner and came to rest under the belfries of the Abbey I saw that the whole village was there in the little square, the usual loafers sitting under the Tree of Idleness. The crowd was of Sunday proportions; nobody had gone to work. But as the engine fell silent I was aware of some altogether novel factor about the scene. It lacked all animation.
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