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A House in Corfu: A Family's Sojourn in Greece
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Emma Tennant
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Henry Holt & Co
Publication date
February 1, 2002
Pages
207
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780805068979
ISBN-10
080506897X
Dimensions
1 by 5.75 by 8.50 in.
Weight
0.85 lbs.
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Out of Print
Original list price
$23.00
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
The author of Sylvia and Ted describes how her English family built a home called Rovinia in Corfu by the Aegean Sea, detailing the legends of the island, the family cook and her husband, the local inhabitants, and the rich beauty and culture of a special Greek island. 17,500 first printing.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
The story of an unspoiled island and an English family making a home by the Aegean Sea.
In the early 1960s Emma Tennant's parents, on a cruise, spotted a magical bay and decided to build a house there.
This book is the story of that 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 the couple who have been at Rovinia since the feast in the grove that followed the roof-raising-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.
Tennant offers us the delights of quotidian adventures-salt water in the well, roads to nowhere, collapsing walls-all hilariously presented. That the house is still lived in and loved, with new generations coming to understand the delights of Corfu, is a tribute to the people and a special landscape which is distinctly Greek. 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.
In the early 1960s Emma Tennant's parents, on a cruise, spotted a magical bay and decided to build a house there.
This book is the story of that 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 the couple who have been at Rovinia since the feast in the grove that followed the roof-raising-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.
Tennant offers us the delights of quotidian adventures-salt water in the well, roads to nowhere, collapsing walls-all hilariously presented. That the house is still lived in and loved, with new generations coming to understand the delights of Corfu, is a tribute to the people and a special landscape which is distinctly Greek. 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.
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Hardcover
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from Henry Holt & Co (February 1, 2002)
9780805068979 | details & prices | 207 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 1.00 in. | 0.85 lbs | List price $23.00
About: The author describes how her English family built a home called Robinia in Corfu by the Aegean Sea, detailing the legends of the island, the family cook and her husband, and the local inhabitants.
About: The author describes how her English family built a home called Robinia in Corfu by the Aegean Sea, detailing the legends of the island, the family cook and her husband, and the local inhabitants.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Henry Holt & Co (February 1, 2003)
9780805072822 | details & prices | 224 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $18.99
About: The author of Sylvia and Ted describes how her English family built a home called Rovinia in Corfu by the Aegean Sea, detailing the legends of the island, the family cook and her husband, the local inhabitants, and the rich beauty and culture of a special Greek island.
About: The author of Sylvia and Ted describes how her English family built a home called Rovinia in Corfu by the Aegean Sea, detailing the legends of the island, the family cook and her husband, the local inhabitants, and the rich beauty and culture of a special Greek island.
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