{"product_id":"mermaids-and-ikons-a-greek-summer-9781487002633","title":"Mermaids and Ikons: A Greek Summer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe island is shy and exuberant, savage and fair, bold yet self-effacing. It is a woman in heat, a man in despair, a blonde horse at sunset, a riot of fig trees, a flaking white salt bed, an arid garden of thyme and oregano, a hundred clotheslines full of octopi hung up to dry, a warm night of fireflies and tiny shrimps with burning eyes.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn her first work of nonfiction, \u003cem\u003eMermaids and Ikons: A Greek Summer\u003c\/em\u003e, originally published in 1978, beloved poet and novelist Gwendolyn MacEwen explores her strongly personal responses to a complex civilization. Partly written during a trip to Greece in 1971, MacEwen moves from the urban tumult of Athens to the radiant simplicity of an island in the Aegean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this intimate and exquisitely written travel diary, she evokes the very spirit of Greece -- the exuberance of the people, the sun-drenched landscape, and the shaping power of ancient traditions and myths in modern Mediterranean life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition features a new introduction by the award-winning biographer Rosemary Sullivan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e A List\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781487002633\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.50d","brand":"Gwendolyn Macewen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36653362479260,"sku":"9781487002633","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_8a54642d-0b72-4dc9-a4ca-8dfeef782037.jpg?v=1603881570","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mermaids-and-ikons-a-greek-summer-9781487002633","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}