Crossroads of history

Peter Sarris

MY EARLIEST MEMORY OF CYPRUSrevolves around being plucked out of the sea when I was a toddler. A young cousin had insisted on carrying me out into the waters of a beach near Famagusta, but when either I or the waves had become too much for her to cope with, she dropped me. Fortunately, my father was nearby and rushed over to scoop me out of the brine. But for many years, because my traumatised memory was of the water, and of seeing my father, I was convinced he had been the one responsible for casting me in. It was a terrible injustice inflicted on him by the workings of an innocent and disorientated mind. But in Cyprus, distorted memories, half-remembered truths, and the grievances and suspicions that often arise…

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