The Heart Grown Bitter: A Chronicle of Cypriot War Refugees

by Peter Loizos

Book Overview

In August 1974 most of the inhabitants of Argaki, a prosperous Cypriot village, fled from their homes in the face of an advancing army. In a matter of days they had become war refugees. This book is an account of their experiences before, during and after their flight from their village. Peter Loizos had made an anthropological study of Argaki before 1974 and is also related to some of its families. This has enabled him to combine the methods and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521285461
• ISBN13: 9780521285469
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"