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[Othellos]

"Echoes from the Dead Zone" by Yiannis Papadakis.

Just finished it. Very well written and definitely worth reading.

O.

[cannedmoose]

"Echoes from the Dead Zone" by Yiannis Papadakis.

Just finished it. Very well written and definitely worth reading.

O.

It's on my 'to-do' list as the book's been sitting on my shelf for the past 2 months... thanks for the review

[MicAtCyp]

Some more details O? What period is it covering?
Papadakis is the proffessor who has the Cyprus-conflict site isn't it?
How much neutral is he in this book?

[cannedmoose]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 13-8514800

[Othellos]

Some more details O? What period is it covering?
Papadakis is the proffessor who has the Cyprus-conflict site isn't it?
How much neutral is he in this book?

Yes, MicAtCyp. Papadakis is an anthropology professor in the University of Cyprus - I too remember at least one article of his being published in the above web site. Back in 1990 he spent a couple of months in Turkey trying to learn Turkish. Upon hs return to Cyprus he engaged on a study that was sponsored by his University in the UK, regarding the different perspectives that GCs and TCs take on the Cyprus problem. He lived for some time in the old part of Nicosia and later on he spent a whole month in the occupied areas after receiving a special permit to conduct more research there while trying to understand the TC side of the story.

Overall I found his book quite objective. It is easy and even enjoyable to read (I finished it in a day) as parts of it are quite humorous. If you read this book keep in mind that this person although Cypriot, when he started researching about all these he still had little knowledge about some of the more obscure details regarding our country's past.

After reading it, my suspicion that we Cypriots do live in a schizzophrenic place was reinforced even more

O.

[gladius]

Some more details O? What period is it covering?
Papadakis is the proffessor who has the Cyprus-conflict site isn't it?
How much neutral is he in this book?

If he is neutral, for sure, you won't like him!

[MicAtCyp]

Thanks Othellos.Appreciated.