The Lives of Others (Paperback)

Theo Panayides

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"For the past 10 years, since February 2009, I've been writing the Sunday profiles for the Cyprus Mail newspaper..." Theo Panayides tells the stories of 60 very different people, taken from the many hundreds he's interviewed over the years. All human life is here - from a humble street sweeper to a former President, from a pig farmer to a millionaire businessman, from a lifelong drifter to a pastry chef turned Iraqi refugee, from an LGBTI activist to a mystic who claims to have spoken to Jesus. World-champion freediver William Trubridge is here. Bestselling British novelist Victoria Hislop is here too. Some lives have been successful, others tragic. One man lost his family in the Rwandan genocide, another in the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. Some of the stories are emotional; many are feelgood. Most relate in some way to Cyprus, the Mediterranean island where Panayides is based. With a smart, highly readable style and a deep compassion, he reveals the personalities of his very diverse subjects - though also finds himself returning often to the same questions of Time passing and life turning out unexpectedly, finding many of the same hopes and fears in these very different lives. Are they - and we - really so different, after all?

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Imprint:	Armida Publications Ltd
Country of origin:	Cyprus
Release date:	June 2019
Authors:	Theo Panayides
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	412
ISBN-13:	978-9925573066
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > From 1900 > Reportage & collected journalism Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	9925573068
Barcode:	9789925573066