Island almanac
Seasons of a life in Crete
Κυκλοφορεί
ISBN: 978-618-5421-45-8
Mystis Editions, Ηράκλειο Κρήτης, 6/2023
1η έκδ. || Εικονογραφημένη
Γλώσσα: Αγγλικά
Ενιαία τιμή έως 16/12/2024
€ 22.00 (περ. ΦΠΑ 6%)
Βιβλίο, Χαρτόδετο
17 x 24 εκ., 500 γρ., 396 σελ.
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Περιγραφή
Karen Yelena Olsen is an American poet living in a small sheepherding village in Crete. In this memoir she celebrates the kaleidoscopic beauty of the Cretan landscape. She also bears witness to its centuries-old traditions—harvesting the olives, shearing the sheep, weaving the wool, observing the many religious holidays—emblems of a way of life fast disappearing.
Karen traces these traditions to their roots in Homeric epic and Minoan civilization, linking them as well to today’s political and social realities. The men and women of the village come alive in her warm and perceptive portraits.
Karen’s poems offer a lyric perspective on the people and events she describes, while dozens of vivid illustrations embellish her text.

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