Vibrant… Hislop brings history to life in this compelling tale’ ( Tatler)Hislop brings her consummate storytelling skills to this enthralling tale of love, marriage and a community all put to the test ( Woman & Home) The story's very ambiguity steadily feeds its mysteriousness and power, and Danielewski's mastery of postmodernist and cinema-derived rhetoric up the ante continuously, and stunningly. One of the most impressive excursions into the supernatural in many a year.

Heartbreaking… A fascinating insight into a part of Mediterranean history that isn’t often explored ( Essentials) This cookie is stored by WPML WordPress plugin. The purpose of the cookie is to store the redirected language. The tourists are unaware of the political rumblings in Cyprus. Hidden from them is the violence, the simmering unrest. The locals are aware of the battles within the Government, and the memories of battles between the Greek and Turkish Cypriots are never far from their minds. The second part of the book feels like a dystopian a post-apocalyptic story. Famagusta now a deserted city, a ghost city with rodents pillaging houses and shops and danger of being killed by patrolling Turkish soldiers. Two families one Greek one Turkish are living for almost a year in the ruins of this city, surviving from the food stored in the hotel basements.Beginning in the summer of 1972, The Sunrise is the story of the old Famagusta. The glittering, glamorous holiday resort populated by the beautiful rich and serviced by wonderful hotels and willing locals. The wealthiest of these visitors stay at The Sunrise; a new hotel built and owned by Savvas Papacosta and his wife Aphroditi. The Sunrise is their latest venture, glitzier and more expensive than their other hotel, and financed by Aphroditi's wealthy father. Adroitly plotted and deftly characterised, Hislop’s gripping novel tells the stories of ordinary Greek and Turkish families trying to preserve their humanity in a maelstrom of deception, betrayal and ethnic hatred ( Mail on Sunday) Lidl ήταν πιο ενδιαφέρουσες. Το ξανάρχισα πεισματικά τώρα, μετά από μια έκθεση που είδα για την Αμμόχωστο και με αφορμή ότι το καλοκαίρι θα (ξανα)πάω στην Κύπρο… Από τις πρώτες 50 σελίδες όμως ήθελα να το αφήσω και από πείσμα και μόνο το τελείωσα… Victoria Hislop's fascinating new novel, The Sunrise, is set in 1972 in the tourist city of Famagusta on the island of Cyprus in the Mediterranean. Aphroditi and Savvas Papacostas are preparing for the opening of their new hotel, The Sunrise, the most extravagant hotel on the island.

I enjoyed this story and the setting and the characters, however, for me, there was something missing. Despite the fact that the author does not hide the violence, this novel still felt a little too glossy, with just a few too many coincidences to convince me of the authenticity of the plot. Hislop does a wonderful job creating character and a story that feels authentic. The life that the Georgious' and Ozkans build together in hiding, how they work together to protect their families while trying to escape detection is captivating to the reader.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 Özkans 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… Victoria Hislop για δύο πράγματα είναι γνωστή. Για την αγάπη της για την Ελλάδα και για το βιβλίο της "Το νησί", το οποίο αγαπήθηκε τόσο που έφτασε στο σημείο να μεταφερθεί στη μικρή οθόνη. Το συγγραφικό της ταλέντο έχετε τρίτο κατά ιδρωμένο, όχι γιατί δεν γράφει καλά, αλλά επειδή δεν γράφει τόσο καλά ώστε να μπει στην κορυφή της λίστας των χαρακτηριστικών της που την καθιστούν ιδιαίτερη. Γιατί, ας μην κοροϊδευόμαστε, αν με "Το νησί" δεν είχε αγγίξει με τόσο ευαισθησία ένα τόσο λεπτό θέμα για τον ελληνισμό, το πιθανότερο ήταν να μην ξέραμε καν ποια είναι ή αν την μαθαίναμε, να μην την είχαμε τοποθετήσει ως κοινό τόσο ψηλά. Το τελευταίο της πόνημα, "Η Ανατολή", καταπιάνεται με το πονεμένο θέμα της Κύπρου και -δυστυχώς-, όχι με τρόπο ιδανικό. Hislop’s writing effectively weaves the personal into the political without ever becoming overbearing. An informative but equally emotional read ( Woman) ala Walking Dead και ήταν πραγματικά ανατριχιαστικό (οι 100 σελίδες που έλεγα πριν... μετά περιορίστηκε πάλι στη ρουτίνα και χάθηκε) Hislop προσπαθεί μέσα από το βιβλίο της αυτό να κρατήσει μια ουδέτερη στάση όσον αφορά το καυτό θέμα της Κύπρου και της εισβολής των Τούρκων σε αυτή. Και ναι, δέχομαι πως πρόκειται για μυθιστόρημα και όχι για ιστορικό δοκίμιο, αλλά κάποια θέματα είναι πολύ νωπά και πολύ ευαίσθητα για να τα αγγίζουμε με τρόπους που δεν ανταποκρίνονται απόλυτα στην αλήθεια. Καταλαβαίνω την ανθρώπινη ανάγκη της να μοιράσει τις ευθύνες, όμως αυτό δεν είναι πάντα δυνατόν και το σημαντικότερο όλων, δεν είναι πάντα σωστό. Παράλληλα, η συγγραφέας, χρησιμοποιεί πάρα πολύ έντονα το στοιχείο των συμπτώσεων, σε βαθμό που αυτές χάνουν την ρεαλιστικότητά τους και το κείμενο συνολικά, την αξιοπιστία του. Ακόμα και η βία είναι συγκαλυμμένη ενώ θα μπορούσε να την διαχειριστεί με τρόπο πιο ωμό, εφόσον στο σκέλος του διαχειρισμού της έννοιας της αγάπης δεν τα καταφέρνει και τόσο καλά.

When a Greek coup plunges the island into chaos, Cyprus faces a disastrous conflict. Turkey invades to protect the Turkish Cypriot minority, and Famagusta is shelled. Forty thousand people seize their most precious possessions and flee from the advancing soldiers. In the deserted city, just two families remain. Victoria Hislop describes life in this haven so well, bringing to life the guests, the hotel workers and the hustle and bustle of fabulous Famagusta. The novel itself really conjures up the lost city of Famagusta in it's hey-day. How amazing it must have been to be wealthy and to go and play there. To watch it fall apart through the story was sad and touching and to know that part of that city is still out of bounds is incredible all those years later. If you want a nice holiday read, then on one hand this will fit the bill, but on another perhaps not. Not many of us want to be on holiday and reading about a similar destination falling apart around it's inhabitants. It's well written, full of obvious author knowledge and understanding and a decent piece of history lesson at the same time. An amazingly intricate and ambitious first novel - ten years in the making - that puts an engrossing new spin on the traditional haunted-house tale.Caught up in this conflict are two families from either side, and central to the story is an unlikely love affair, an affair that has repercussions for these two families for many years. they get swollen day by day spreading like a cancerous metastasis, infecting the island, its people.