Charmian Clift

El fascinante retrato de una comunidad de artistas, soñadores y bohemios que convirtieron la isla de Hidra en el campo de pruebas de una vida más libre y sencilla. Al comprar una casa en la isla de Hidra, la escritora Charmian Clift cumplió un sueño... Lire la suite

'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... Lire la suite

The never-before-published novel by Charmian Clift. 'In those days the end of the morning was always marked by the quarry whistle blowing the noon knock-off. Since everybody was out of bed very early, morning then was a long time, or even, if you... Lire la suite

Before their years on the Greek Island of Hydra, their well-documented friendship with celebrated singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen, and their literary celebrity, Charmian Clift and George Johnston collaborated on High Valley, a mystery set in the... Lire la suite

Paradise Gardens is not the idyllic holiday escape Charles and Julia Cant imagined. It's a down-at-heel seaside town where local big man Roy and his wife tempt them to behave in ways they’ll be sure to regret…
In her introduction, Nadia Wheatley... Lire la suite

La historia de una pareja de escritores que lo dejaron todo para lanzarse a la vida bohemia en una pequeña isla griega. Para Charmian Clift, Grecia era la Tierra Prometida. En 1954, ella y su marido, el famoso reportero George Johnston, abandonaron... Lire la suite

'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... Lire la suite

We are alike, Kathy thought. You are a desperate one, too. She was incredulous that she could be so happy when it was so perfectly clear that the situation was impossible, could not possibly last, and that in any case this man was doomed already. In... Lire la suite

A POWERFUL NOVEL OF ELEMENTAL LOVE AND FURY ON A DOOMED, ENCHANTED ISLAND WORLD….
In the cradle of civilization, rocked by the waters of the blue Aegean, lies the tiny, barren island of Kalymnos. It is cloaked in antiquity and rich with the... Lire la suite