Travel & Transport
Description
This is a “sentimental” guide for travelers, through 52 of the Greek islands. The term "sentimental" implies something more than a commonplace guide and this is certainly not just a typical guidebook. There is already a plethora of classic guidebooks; the internet is rife with a lot of useful – and even more useless – information. This book has simply been written out of outrageous love for the islands, as an attempt to describe how it feels to actually “live the island” – even just for a week – and to find out what each island is really like, from how it looks to how it can be characterized in terms of its deeper essence; it’s a process similar to getting to know a friend, or perhaps even to falling in love that led to the creation of this delightful crossbreed between a guidebook and a memoir.
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Reviews
Sustained throughout 52 Greek Islands is the voice of a travelling companion who is always careful not to tell you too much, always conscious that travel is about making choices and that since each traveler is different, each has discoveries of their own awaiting them on the islands he knows and loves so well. At last, a no-spoilers guidebook. This could be a thing!
Lane Ashfeldt (author of ‘’Saltwater’’)
Author Biography
Gregory Papadoyiannis was born on Crete in 1961. He holds university degrees in law and journalism, and also studied film direction. He is editor in chief and book & cinema editor for www.eyelands.gr literary magazine. His career history includes work with newspapers, magazines, radio and television for well-known broadcasting organisations and television stations, initially as a sports correspondent and later as a columnist and editor while he has collaborated in redacting various travel guides. He has also worked as a translator for prominent publishing houses and has been active within the theatre field. In 1991 he received the top national award for new playwrights. He has published two novels, two short story collections and two comic albums. The rest of the time he was travelling on the islands…
Strange Days Books, Social Cooperative Enterprise
Strange Days Books is a social cooperative publishing firm based in Crete, Greece. Since 2012 we have published almost 100 books. Every year we organize Sand Festival, an online Writers’ Workshop and - in cooperation with www.eyelands.gr literary magazine - the one and only international short story competition based in Greece, plus our International Book Awards. In 2019 SDB was the only publishing house in Greece to receive approval by the European Union’s Creative Europe translation funding program for its project "Strange Days in Europe”. Strange Days Books is an entirely independent publisher, primarily interested in showcasing the wealth of new writing voices in Greece. We work closely with our authors to create books that will appeal to booklovers, books about the present, books that strive to push the art of literature forward, books written with talent and passion, books that challenge the way we see the world, books bursting with new ideas and intriguing perspectives.
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- Publisher Strange Days Books
- Orginal LanguageGreek
- ISBN/Identifier 9781092487603
- Publication Country or regionGreece
- FormatPaperback
- Pages129
- ReadershipGeneral
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language AuthorsΓρηγόρης Παπαδογιάννης
- Edition2nd
- Copyright Year2019
- IllustrationIncluding 50 original photos of Greek islands by the author
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