| A House in Corfu: A Family's Sojourn in Greece Contributor(s): Tennant, Emma (Author) |
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ISBN: 0805072829 ISBN-13: 9780805072822 Publisher: Holt Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2003 Annotation: This book is the story of Emma Tennant's parent's house, Rovinia, set above the bay in Corfu where legend has it Ulysses was shipwrecked and found by Nausicaa, daughter of King Alcinous. It is also the story of people like Maria, a miraculous cook and the presiding spirit of the house, and her husband, Thodoros, and of the inhabitants of the local village, high on the hill above the bay. Full of color and contrast, "A House in Corfu" shows the huge changes in island life since the time of the Tennants' arrival, and celebrates, equally, the joy of belonging to a timeless world: the world of vine, olive, and sea. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Travel | Essays & Travelogues - Travel | Europe - Greece - History | Europe - Greece (see Also Ancient - Greece) |
| Dewey: 949.55 |
| LCCN: 2001039934 |
| Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5.56" W x 8.52" (0.64 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Greece - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is the story of Emma Tennant's parent's house, Rovinia, set above the bay in Corfu where legend has it Ulysses was shipwrecked and found by Nausicaa, daughter of King Alcinous. It is also the story of people like Maria, a miraculous cook and the presiding spirit of the house, and her husband, Thodoros, and of the inhabitants of the local village, high on the hill above the bay. Full of color and contrast, A House in Corfu shows the huge changes in island life since the time of the Tennants' arrival, and celebrates, equally, the joy of belonging to a timeless world: the world of vine, olive, and sea. |
Contributor Bio(s): Tennant, Emma: - Emma Tennant, who grew up in England and Scotland hearing about her family's connection to Jane Austen (her elder half-brother was descended from Jane Austen's brother Edward Knight), was a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and the author of numerous distinguished novels. She passed away in 2017. |