Mermaid Singing
2021-04 · Muswell Press
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'Clift's immersive 1950's memoirs capture the magic, and the menace of Greek island life' Daily Telegraph. In 1951 the Australian writers Charmian Clift and George Johnston left grey, post-war London for Greece. Settling first on the tiny island of Kalymnos, then Hydra, their plan was to live simply and focus on their writing The result is Charmian Clift's best known and most loved books, Mermaid Singing and Peel Me a Lotus. Mermaid Singing relays the culture shock and the 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 backpackers and mass tourism descended. On Hydra, featured in the companion volume, Peel Me a Lotus, Clift and Johnston became the centre of an informal community of artists and writers including the then unknown Leonard Cohen who lodged with them, and his future girlfriend Marianne Ihlen.
'Clift's immersive 1950's memoirs capture the magic, and the menace of Greek island life' Daily Telegraph. In 1951 the Australian writers Charmian Clift and George Johnston left grey, post-war London for Greece. Settling first on the tiny island of Kalymnos, then Hydra, their plan was to live sim...
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Charmian Clift was a much loved writer and essayist she wrote two novels, many essays and collaborated with her husband, George Johnston on three books.
Charmian Clift was a much loved writer and essayist she wrote two novels, many essays and collaborated with her husband, George Johnston on three books.
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