{"product_id":"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\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"House of Anansi Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027933872368,"sku":"9781487002633","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781487002633_p0.jpg?v=1763635832","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781487002633","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}