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Greek House

By Christian Brechneff

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Greek House

By Christian Brechneff

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A richly rewarding narrative about a young painter's love affair with the Greek island of Sifnos When Christian Brechneff first set foot on the Greek island of Sifnos, it was the spring of 1972 and he was a twenty-one-year-old painter searching for artistic inspiration and a quiet place to work. There, this Swiss child of Russian émigrés, adrift and confused about his sexuality, found something extraordinary. In Sifnos, he found a muse, a subject he was to paint for years, and a sanctuary. In The Greek House, Brechneff tells a funny, touching narrative about his relationship to Sifnos, writing with warmth about its unforgettable residents and the house he bought in a hilltop farm village. This is the story of how he fell in love with Greece, and how it became a haven from the complexities of his life in Western Europe and New York. It is the story of his village and of the island during the thirty-odd years he owned the house-from a time when there were barely any roads, to the arrival of the modern world with its tourists and high-speed boats and the euro. And it is the story of the end of the love affair-how the island changed and he changed, how he discovered he had outgrown Sifnos, or couldn't grow there anymore. The Greek House is a celebration of place and an honest narrative of self-discovery. In its pages, a naïve and inexperienced young man comes into his own. Weaving himself into the life of the island, painting it year after year, he finds a place he can call home.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
300
Release Date:
2015-01-20
Publication Date:
2015-01-20
Publisher:
Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3PL
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0374535264
ISBN13:
9780374535261
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
432 g
Height:
149 cm
Width:
206 cm
Thickness:
18 cm
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