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Mermaid Singing

In 1954 Australian writers Charmian Clift and George Johnston, with children in tow, left grey post-war London for Greece.

Mermaid Singing details the culture shock and sheer delight of their first year on the tiny sponge-fishing island of Kalymnos. Clift paints an evocative picture of the characters and sun-drenched rhythms of traditional life, long before mass tourism descended.

A travel writing classic, available for the first time in twenty years with a new introduction by Polly Samson. "Mermaid Singing" is the companion volume to Peel Me a Lotus.

Charmian Clift was born in New South Wales, Australia in 1923. She became a journalist on the Melbourne Argus after World War II and in 1947 married novelist and journalist George Johnston.

Early in their marriage they collaborated on three novels: the prizewinning High Valley, The Big Chariot and the Sponge Divers. Then in 1954, having lived in London for a few years, they took their family to live in the Greek Islands. During the period Charmian wrote two accounts of their life there, Mermaid Singing and Peel Me a Lotus, and two novels, Honour’s Mimic and Walk to the Paradise Gardens.

In 1964 the family returned to Australia and Charmian began a weekly newspaper column which quickly gained her a wide and devoted readership. She died in 1969.

Polly Samson is an author, lyricist and Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. Her most recent novel, the bestselling A Theatre for Dreamers, features Charmian Clift as one of the central characters

Audioboek

  • Gepubliceerd: 15-10-2021

  • Taal: Engels

  • Uitgever: SAGA Egmont

  • ISBN: 9788728024577

E-book

  • Gepubliceerd: 1-4-2021

  • Taal: Engels

  • Uitgever: Muswell Press

  • ISBN: 9781838110154


Auteur:

  • Charmian Clift

Verteller:

  • Josie Taylor

Formaat:

  • Audioboek
  • E-book

Duurtijd:

  • 8 u 16 min
  • 194 bladzijden

Taal:

Engels

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