The Cypriot

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The Cypriot is a novel by Andreas Koumi published in July 2006 by Dexter Haven, an imprint of Black Spring Press.

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A story of love across a divide of religion and identity, of passionate loyalties and heart-rending choices. The 1950s: Cyprus is under British rule. The struggle for freedom begins. To the Orthodox Christian majority, freedom means enosis – union with Greece. To the Muslim minority, enosis means disaster. Andonis, a Christian, struggles for his own freedom: to be a tailor and escape a life in his father’s fields; to be a Cypriot and be with his forbidden Muslim love. At stake are family and friendships, beliefs and traditions, village and homeland.