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Daphne's "About Greece" bibliographic and cinematographic suggestions |
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Before coming to Greece you could build up an appetite for your trip and prepare yourself by doing some background research, reading some inspiring literature and watching a couple of relevant films. In this section we will suggest exactly that: material which will prepare your experience of Greece and hopefully make it more meaningful.
Books
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The Colossus of Maroussi, Henry Miller (1941)
Henry Miller visited Greece before WWII broke out and was a guest of
distinguished men of his time: Katsimbalis, Gikas, Seferis and Durrell,
among others. He describes in an unsurpassed way the places he visited
and the way in which they changed his life. An inspiring account, full
of passion for life and Greece!
Language: English
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Dancing Girl, Thordis Simonsen (1991)
Short stories about Thordis' own experience visiting then living in the small village of Elika in the South Peloponnese. Sweet and nostalgic of an age of bygone innocence!
Language: English
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Films
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Zorba the Greek (1964)
The ultimate film on Greece is of course "Zorba the Greek", directed by
Michael Cacoyannis, and starring Antony Quinn, Alan Bates, Lila
Kedrova, Irene Papas, and Sotiris Moustakas. Based on the novel "Alexis
Zorbas", which was written by Nikos Kazantzakis, it is a story about
the human passion for life and a life of human passion. It takes place
on the island of Crete where a book-loving intellectual meets a
grounded man of the real world and is transported by him beyond his
normal frontiers.
Language: English
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A touch of spice (2003)
A beautiful film, full of serene but intense love for place and
culture, though open-minded, tolerant and understanding. The film is
set in Istanbul and Athens and is directed by Tassos Boulmetis and
starrs Georges Corraface, Ieroklis Michaelidis, Renia Louizidou, Tamer
Karadagli and Basak Köklükaya. It is the story of a childhood love
affair between a Greek man and a Turkish woman, with the Greek
Istanbulite cuisine leading the plot and the tense Greek-Turkish
relations as the backdrop.
Language: Greek, English foreign subtitles
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