Brandy Sour by Constantia Soteriou
A poignant tale of a hotel and its guests and also the story of modern Cyprus and its civil war‘Celebrates human resilience.. deftly takes us through the years of conflict.’
- Lucy Popescu, The Guardian (on Soteriou's short story, Brandy Sour)
‘Soteriou’s is not a historical novel, but a novel that uses history in an inventive way to explore the trauma of today’
- Evgenia Bogianou, I Avgi
This is, quite simply, one of the most powerful books ever to come out of our island...
In the powerful vignettes of Brandy Sour, we remember the dreams and struggles of our past. We rediscover our resilience, our perseverance. We see the lives of our parents and grandparents, aunts and uncles, sisters and brothers. And, ultimately, we find our own selves reflected on every page.
Brandy Sour is the story of the people of Cyprus. The real people. The real story.
-- Alix Norman * Cyprus Daily Mail *CONSTANTIA SOTERIOU was born in Nicosia in 1975. Her novels Aishe Goes on Vacation and Voices Made of Soil were shortlisted for the Greek and Cypriot National Book Awards. Her short story, ‘Death Customs’, was the winner of the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize. Her short stories have been translated into English, Italian, Danish, Turkish, Serbian, and Ukrainian, and appeared on BBC Radio 4 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Commonwealth Short Story Prize.
LINA PROTOPAPA is a translator and literary critic based in Nicosia, Cyprus. Her translation of Constantia Soteriou’s “Death Customs” from the Greek received the 2019 Commonwealth Short Story Prize while her translation of Nikolas Kyriakou’s “The Debt” was shortlisted for the same prize in 2020. Her work has appeared in Granta, adda, Fractal, Hartis Magazine, and on BBC Radio 4.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781738446308 |
| ISBN 10 | 1738446301 |
| Title | Brandy Sour |
| Author | Constantia Soteriou |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Foundry Editions |
| Year published | 2024-06-04 |
| Prizes | Winner of Cyprus National Book Award 2023 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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