CAUSE YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL SOMETHING IN YOUR EYES
HERE WE ARE FINALLY TOGETHER HOLDIN' CLOSE NEVER RELEASE THIS FEELING THIS MOMENT MY DREAM IS NOW
HELLO THERE
ALIVE IN YOU
HAVE YOU SMELLED IT?
IT'S JUST TIME FROM MUNDANE TO SUBLIME
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LOOK I GOT A WING
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BRING ME TO THE PARADISE
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THE SUNRISE COMES TOO SOON
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CAUSE YOU'RE BEAUTIFUL SOMETHING IN YOUR EYES
HAVE YOU SMELLED IT....
CLOSE MY EYES
I FELT MORE TRUE
AND YOU'LL STILL B
BE HERE WITH ME
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Have you ever been to Cyprus? And if so, have you ever given much thought to the cataclysmic events that took place on the island in the Summer of 1974, decimating the glamorous beach resort of Famagusta and uprooting thousands from their homes in the process? Victoria Hislop draws attention to Famagusta, this sleeping city (the "sleeping beauty" of the title) that is a symbol of a divided country. Even back then there were two populations - the Greek Cypriots tended to live in the newer area along the coast, the Turkish Cypriots in the older area, where Byzantine churches and a spectacular 14th century cathedral crowned the city walls. They co-existed relatively well. But only 40 years ago there was a Greek military coup, and Turkish Forces invaded to `restore order' and offer protection to the Turkish minority. Famagusta came under attack and most of the Greek Cypriots fled to where they could, to Nicosia, the UK.... taking little or nothing with them. No help from other nations was forthcoming, and their displacement has lasted until this very day. Part of the dividing line was lifted in 2003 but Varosha, the beach area, remains entirely sealed off. The skeletons of the former hotels stand as decrepit and forlorn sentinels to this sad and tragic past. The events of July 1974 have affected a whole generation and there is still no resolution, although boarders in the divided country seem to be a easing...
BUT IT STAYS
It is here, in Famagusta, that Victoria sets her book, during the build-up to the terrible events, and then the aftermath. She describes the opulence of the hotel that is central to the book, The Sunrise, with its gleaming marble floors and caryatids and luxury suites, built and run by Aphroditi and Savvas Papacosta, the proprietors with an eye for detail and money making ventures in their heyday. Two families, the Ă–zkans and the Geogious have family members employed at the hotel, representing, like a vignette, the bigger divide between nationalities - the women are friends but the menfolk are wary. Life however, is generally good for most people, but the tide is about to turn...
CLOSE MY EYES
IN THE MORNING WAVES
HEAR IT
The two families are thrown together as the Turkish onslaught revs up and they eventually take refuge in The Sunrise, rather than flee. But one family member risks the safety of those around him to trade valuables and arms. The horror of war is grittily described, the fear and the deprivation pervade the pages. The mesmerising beauty of the island - the beaches, the foliage, the smells, the cicadas and the cerulean blue skies, envelop the depraved acts happening all around the city. Such beauty contrasts with such terror.
It is truly sobering that this recent history still reverberates today, right along the beaches stretching from the tourist resorts, now largely in the West of the country. The author does a great job in bringing the precarious status quo that developed then, and still prevails now, to the attention of a wider tourist audience. It is a perfect book for those who are about to travel to Cyprus, as it brings to life the echoes of the past in a very readable way into the present.
WELL I MIGHT COME OVER JUST TO TIDE ME OVER
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THE MAGIC
THE HAPPINESS
THE SWEETNESS
Meanwhile, Aphroditi has fled to Nicosia and spends quite some time in her local zacharoplasteion (pastry shop), where she spots a ring that belongs to her, being worn by another woman. She is acutely aware that it was securely deposited in the safe at The Sunrise hotel, so she is alerted to the fact that something is very amiss and she becomes intent on finding out more. Quite how that woman came to be in possession of the ring is never revealed, one is left to guess. It feels like a device to move the story on, and could have been so much more.
WHY DOES TIME MOVE SLOWLY WHEN I'M NOT WITH YOU
WELL I MIGHT COME OVER CAUSE THE WAITING MIGHT KILL ME
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