Much enjoyed this highly innovative and stylistically poised novel, “Brandy Sour”, about the #Cyprus problems, by #ConstantiaSoteriou in an elegant translation by #LinaProtopapa. It focuses on the #LedraPalace Hotel, caught now in the Green Zone between the 1974 lines. Recommended!
November 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Much enjoyed this highly innovative and stylistically poised novel, “Brandy Sour”, about the #Cyprus problems, by #ConstantiaSoteriou in an elegant translation by #LinaProtopapa. It focuses on the #LedraPalace Hotel, caught now in the Green Zone between the 1974 lines. Recommended!
My review of the excellent interlinked vignettes that pay tribute to the culture, heritage & people of Cyprus through the emblematic Ledra Palace Hotel & a vast range of beverages.
My favourite
🍇 Grape Molasses: The Builder 👷♂️
Brandy Sour by #ConstantiaSoteriou
clairemcalpine.com/2025/10/17/b...
My favourite
🍇 Grape Molasses: The Builder 👷♂️
Brandy Sour by #ConstantiaSoteriou
clairemcalpine.com/2025/10/17/b...
Brandy Sour by Constantia Soteriou (Cyprus) tr. by Lina Protopapa
Brandy Sour is a novella length book by the Cypriot author Constantia Soteriou, translated from Greek by Lina Protopapa. It won the 2023 National Book Prize in Cyprus and the author won the 2019 Co…
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October 17, 2025 at 9:40 AM
My review of the excellent interlinked vignettes that pay tribute to the culture, heritage & people of Cyprus through the emblematic Ledra Palace Hotel & a vast range of beverages.
My favourite
🍇 Grape Molasses: The Builder 👷♂️
Brandy Sour by #ConstantiaSoteriou
clairemcalpine.com/2025/10/17/b...
My favourite
🍇 Grape Molasses: The Builder 👷♂️
Brandy Sour by #ConstantiaSoteriou
clairemcalpine.com/2025/10/17/b...
Loving these interlinked vignettes that tell the story of the villagers and guests of an Old Hotel in #Cyprus through the years, witness to war, division among its people and told through the ritual and recipes of 22 beverages.
Brandy Sour by #ConstantiaSoteriou translated from Greek #LinaProtopapa
Brandy Sour by #ConstantiaSoteriou translated from Greek #LinaProtopapa
October 14, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Loving these interlinked vignettes that tell the story of the villagers and guests of an Old Hotel in #Cyprus through the years, witness to war, division among its people and told through the ritual and recipes of 22 beverages.
Brandy Sour by #ConstantiaSoteriou translated from Greek #LinaProtopapa
Brandy Sour by #ConstantiaSoteriou translated from Greek #LinaProtopapa