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1960: The world is dancing on the edge of revolution.
A Theatre for Dreamers
What you need to know before your trail
1960. The world is dancing on the edge of revolution, and nowhere more so than on the Greek island of Hydra, where a circle of poets, painters and musicians live tangled lives, ruled by the writers Charmian Clift and George Johnston, troubled king and queen of bohemia. Forming within this circle is a triangle: its points the magnetic, destructive writer Axel Jensen, his dazzling wife Marianne Ihlen, and a young Canadian poet named Leonard Cohen.
Into their midst arrives teenage Erica, with little more than a bundle of blank notebooks and her grief for her mother. Settling on the periphery of this circle, she watches, entranced and disquieted, as a paradise unravels.
Locations
Reset- Greece - Hydra
- A: Leonard Cohen's House
- B: Hydra harbour
- C: Argyris Horses
- Greece - Piraeus
- D: Piraeus harbour
Travel Guide
Visit Hydra with Leonard Cohen BookTrail style
This is a novel about Hydra in the 1960s. What a picture we see of bohemian life and the life of artists who live as the rest of us can only imagine. The art and creativity shines in the Green sun against a backdrop of the stunning island of Hydra.
What an insight into island life this is. Put on your sunglasses and raise a glass as you glimpse this idealistic utopia. However a glittering facade often hides the darker shadows behind it and this glitzy life is soon found to be something else entirely.
Reality meets fiction here as we meet a certain Canadian poet and writer named Leonard Cohen – you can visit his house which is still a major place of interest on the island.
Other figures include Charmian Clift , George Johnston, Axel Jensen and Marianne Ihlen.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: A Theatre for Dreamers
Destination/location: Hydra Author/guide: Polly Samson Departure Time: 1960s
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