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Dream Seeking: On Nisyros a Small Greek Island

by Lina Anritz

212 pages; quality trade paperback (softcover); catalogue #05-3013; ISBN 1-4120-8015-0; US$17.37, C$19.98, EUR14.27, £9.99

Killing a pig, burying a donkey, water from the well, dancing at the festivals - life on a small Greek island.

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Lin and Richard, like so many people, dreamed of a life in the sun, away from the pace and problems of their stressed lives as teachers.

Summer holidays in Europe were always over too quickly, and they began to feel the attraction of life in Greece.

After an 'accidental' holiday on the small Greek island of Nisyros, albeit having been badly organised by a tour company which promptly went out of business, the spell was well and truly cast.

After several more visits to the island during the holidays, ill-health caused a change in their circumstances in England. Whilst enjoying the freedom to walk, read and generally slowdown, they felt that now was the opportunity to seek their dream.

Packing an elderly Landrover, Richard and Garry, the son of a friend, drove to Nisyros, whilst Lin and their daughter Sue, took the more obvious route and flew.

Speaking only limited Greek on an island where so few of the inhabitants spoke little or no English, created both frustration and hilarity!

Sue and her friend Amy stayed for a part of the summer, their presence causing a significant stir amongst the people of the small mountain village of Nikia where Lin, Richard and Garry had made their home.

From killing the pig to burying the donkey; from cleaning rooms to repairing doors; from washing in well-water inhabited by several species of aquatic life, to dancing at the festivals, their life was filled with a variety and richness of experiences which have to be read to be believed.

This year was the beginning of the realisation of their dream.

Reviews

"The new Interface is stunning in its simplicity and ease of use." - PC Magazine

"I am impressed by the accurate way you describe the character and culture of the Greeks. Your book would be perfect for the Britishers that are planning to move permanently to Greece some day. Although Nisyros might be a small Greek island it gave you the opportunity to live and feel the way Greeks live and think and that is apparent in your book. I am also impressed by the way you describe things. You have an elegant style. I wish your book has success. I truly believe it will."

-Maria Sergiou Heraklion

"Lin and Richard now live in Meltham again but for a few years they lived our dream. They had a place in the sun on the Greek island of Nisyros. This is a beautifully written first book by Lin and Richard sharing with us their reminiscences of their life. Unlike most of us who go to live in the sun, this was no ex-pat community. Lin and Richard moved out to a living, breathing rural island village with a history and the ruins to prove it. And then there was the dead donkey to bury! This is a fantastic little book and I*.look forward eagerly to the next instalment."

-Claire Porter, Ottakar's Books Huddersfield

"I started reading and I felt like I went back to the island living all those experiences that you had. I know most of the people you mention. I have read enough to be able to give you many congratulations for beong so objective about the island and its people."

-Nicos Sfakianos, Secretary, Nisyrian Siociety of new York

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About the Author

Linda and Richard are both former teachers who went to live on the small Greek island of Nisyros initially living off whatever work could be found - cleaning rooms, repairing wooden doors, painting the public toilets etc. They intend to follow Dream Seeking with a second book entitled Dream Catching which describes a year running a bar/restaurant, and then a third, Dream Fading which recounts their running of a small shop selling natural products and their persecution by a local port policeman which resulted in them leaving the island.

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