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Greek House
Paperback
ArtistsGeneral Construction & RenovationGreece
Publisher Price: $18.00
ISBN13: 9780374535261
Publisher: Farrar, Strauss & Giroux-3pl
Published: Jan 20 2015
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.70 Depth: 7.90
Language: English
A richly rewarding narrative about a young painter's love affair with the Greek island of Sifnos
When Christian Brechneff first set foot on the Greek island of Sifnos, it was the spring of 1972 and he was a twenty-one-year-old painter searching for artistic inspiration and a quiet place to work. There, this Swiss child of Russian émigrés, adrift and confused about his sexuality, found something extraordinary. In Sifnos, he found a muse, a subject he was to paint for years, and a sanctuary.
The Greek House is a celebration of place and an honest narrative of self-discovery. In its pages, a naïve and inexperienced young man comes into his own. Weaving himself into the life of the island, painting it year after year, he finds a place he can call home.
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