92 Acharnon Street

A Year in Athens

Nonfiction, Travel, Europe, Greece, Adventure & Literary Travel
Cover of the book 92 Acharnon Street by John Lucas, Eland Publishing
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: John Lucas ISBN: 9781780600178
Publisher: Eland Publishing Publication: December 1, 2012
Imprint: Eland Publishing Language: English
Author: John Lucas
ISBN: 9781780600178
Publisher: Eland Publishing
Publication: December 1, 2012
Imprint: Eland Publishing
Language: English

Greece has always had its admirers, though none seems to have cherished the Athenian tavernas, the murderous traffic and the jaded prostitutes, the petty bureaucratic tyrannies, the street noise and the heroic individualists with the irony and detachment of John Lucas. 92 Acharnon Street is a gritty portrait of a dirty city and a wayward country. Yet Lucas's love for the realities of Greece triumphs -for the Homeric kindness of her people towards strangers, for the pleasures of her tavernas and for the proximity of islands in clear blue water as a refuge from the noise and pollution of her capital city. This is Greece as the Greeks would recognise it, seen through the eyes of a poet.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Greece has always had its admirers, though none seems to have cherished the Athenian tavernas, the murderous traffic and the jaded prostitutes, the petty bureaucratic tyrannies, the street noise and the heroic individualists with the irony and detachment of John Lucas. 92 Acharnon Street is a gritty portrait of a dirty city and a wayward country. Yet Lucas's love for the realities of Greece triumphs -for the Homeric kindness of her people towards strangers, for the pleasures of her tavernas and for the proximity of islands in clear blue water as a refuge from the noise and pollution of her capital city. This is Greece as the Greeks would recognise it, seen through the eyes of a poet.

More books from Eland Publishing

Cover of the book The Light Garden of the Angel King by John Lucas
Cover of the book An Ottoman Traveller by John Lucas
Cover of the book The Pharaoh's Shadow by John Lucas
Cover of the book Ethiopia by John Lucas
Cover of the book Travels on my Elephant by John Lucas
Cover of the book Eight Feet in the Andes by John Lucas
Cover of the book Between River and Sea by John Lucas
Cover of the book Tibetan Foothold by John Lucas
Cover of the book Two Middle-Aged Ladies in Andalucia by John Lucas
Cover of the book The Ukimwi Road by John Lucas
Cover of the book Forgotten Kingdom by John Lucas
Cover of the book Travels in a Dervish Cloak by John Lucas
Cover of the book Muddling through Madagascar by John Lucas
Cover of the book Begums, Thugs & White Mughals by John Lucas
Cover of the book A Year in Marrakesh by John Lucas
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy