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Title: Half the Perfect World: Writers, Dreamers & Drifters on Hydra: 1955 – 1964
Author: GENONI PAUL / DALZIELL TANYA
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 01/10/2018
Imprint: MONASH UNIVERSITY PUBLISHING
Price: $39.95
Publishing status: Active
Between 1955 and 1964, the Greek island
of Hydra was home to a small community
of expatriates described by authors Paul
Genoni and Tanya Dalziell as ‘writers,
dreamers and drifters’. Their book’s title is
taken from a song written by one member
of this artistic community, Canadian poet
and musician Leonard Cohen, and his life
on Hydra is chronicled here. However, the
central characters – and the ones on whom
Genoni and Dalziell concentrate – are
Australian writers George Johnston and
Charmian Clift, whose Hydra lives were
characterised by precarious finances,
marital infidelity and escalating alcoholism.
Liberally illustrated with photographs by LIFE
photographer James Burke, Half the Perfect
World documents a fascinating period in the
history of Australian bohemianism.
ISBN: 9781925523096
Dimension: 234mm X 153mm
Edition: 01