Art from Rhodes
"Other islands? Other futures?
Not, I think, after one has lived with the Marine Venus." L..D.
Literature
Rhodes
Reflections on a Marine Venus, Lawrence Durell
Description:
This richly sensuous account of Durrell's years in the British civil service
takes place after the end of World War II and just before the island of
Rhodes is handed back to Greece. His evocative descriptions range from the
scent of citrus groves and flowers of every form and color to the rhythm of
the sea (alternately savage and soothing) and the play of light over the
island as the sun moves across the sky. He intermingles these pleasant
accounts with the grim reality of having to rebuild a nation and an island
after Nazi cruelty has left it a shambles. "Penetrating description, intense
imagery, high and persistent color...it is a presentation which sparkles
with an intense brilliance and fire."
-- Christian Science Monitor
Rhodes in Modern Times, Cecil Torr
Cecil
Torr's book on Rhodes: "Rhodes in Modern Times" was first Published in 1887.
The revised edition has additional material, including a prologue by Elias
Kollias.
It is Edited by Gerald Brisch
In the book Torr provides an account of the story of Byzantine Rhodes and the times of the Knights of St John, including the extraordinary events of the Great Siege which culminated in the Knights’ expulsion from the island in 1522.
Rhodes in Ancient Times, Cecil Torr
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Cecil Torr's two 19th-century studies of Rhodes, in the Greek Dodecanese,
off the coast of Asia Minor, were the first and most authoritative English
guides to the island's multi-layered history. Although more than a hundred years
have passed since publication, the reclusive scholar's Rhodes in Ancient Times
and Rhodes in Modern Times remain firmly embedded in related bibliographies.
The author, formerly General Ephor of Antiquities, through the pages of this beautifully illustrated and scientifically documented book, guides us through the Archaeological Museum of Rhodes, which is housed in the Hospital of the Knights and in which are displayed works ranging from the Archaic to the Early Christian period as well as funerary slabs and heraldic emblems from the time of the Knights. 90 color photos. 104 pp. 17x24 cm.
With Malicious Intent, Eleanor Clarke Yukic (fictitious)
Six women living on the island of Rhodes have banded together and call themselves the Solo Sisters. They share a history of disastrous relationships with men, several who have vowed revenge on their former girlfriends.
A disguised man returns to Rhodes on the ferry from Athens after an eight year absence. He has come back to retrieve a treasure he hid in the subterranean tunnels of Rhodes and to take revenge on the bitch that turned him in to the authorities. He escaped arrest. He could be any one of the Solo Sisters’ old boyfriends. Who is it?
The mystery is played out within the beautiful walled city of Rhodes culminating in a final confrontation between the mysterious stranger and the Solo Sisters in the underground passages.
He wants the bag of ancient gold coins he hid there and he wants revenge.
Dodecanese
Tales from a Greek Island consists of twenty-eight tales from a remote village in Karpathos, as seen by an English academic who has lived there, off and on, for a quarter of a century.
Often surprising, sometimes bizarre, never dull. Roger Jinkinson takes us far off the tourist-beaten track to explore life - and death. Meet the people he has come to know - at once traditional and modern, hard-bitten and generous, stoic and resourceful.
Learn how they fish, keep bees, hunt goats, make music. Read about the man who tried to ransom a floating crane, about the mule that outwitted the German army and death of a giant. Read and you will feel the very pulse of a community as it fights to maintain its unique and vibrant culture.
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