Nicosia Beyond Barriers: Voices from a Divided City

Book Overview

Finalist the People's Book Prize

Cyprus' capital Nicosia has been split by a militarised border for decades. In this collection, writers from all sides of the divide reimagine the past, present and future of their city.

Here, Cypriot-Greeks coexist alongside Cypriot-Turks, the north with the south, town with countryside, dominant voices with the marginalised. This is a city of endless possibilities - a place where an anthropologist from London and a talkative Marxist are hunted by a gunman in the Forbidden zone; where a romance between two aspiring Tango dancers falls victim to Nicosia's time difference; and where an artist finds his workplace on a rooftop, where he paints a horizon disturbed only by birds.

Together, these writers journey beyond the beaten track creating a complete picture of Nicosia, the world's last divided capital city, that defies barriers of all kinds.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 086356674X
• ISBN13: 9780863566745
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Saqi Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.5"