The Past in Pieces: Belonging in the New Cyprus

by Rebecca Bryant

Book Overview

On April 23, 2003, to the surprise of much of the world, the ceasefire line that divides Cyprus opened. The line had partitioned the island since 1974, and so international media heralded the opening of the checkpoints as a historic event that echoed the fall of the Berlin Wall. As in the moment of the Wall's collapse, cameras captured the rush of Cypriots across the border to visit homes unwillingly abandoned three decades earlier. It was a euphoric...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812222318
• ISBN13: 9780812222319
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"