In writing her latest Greece-themed, critically acclaimed book, “Cartes Postales,” a book of stories linked through the voyage of a heartbroken man, Victoria Hislop adopted an experimental approach. Usually gathering a vast body of research notes and reference images and then sitting down to write, a process the author says takes her around three years […]
(by Anna Roins for Authorlink) The Sunday Times best-seller, Cartes Postales from Greece is a new, ground-breaking novel from Victoria Hislop, the internationally acclaimed bestselling author of The Island, The Return, The Thread, and The Sunrise. Week after week, colourful postcards from Greece arrive at Ellie’s dreary flat in London. They are each signed with […]
(Telegraph magazine 19 September 2016) Oil painting This is by my uncle Neville Eldridge, an artist. He’s 89 and still paints every day, always with lots of light, optimism and energy. To me, he has never aged; his spirit remains youthful. (see all of Victoria’s 8 objects at The Telegraph)
Victoria discusses “Cartes Postales from Greece” with Dan Walker and Louise Minchin on BBC Breakfast
[wonderplugin_audio id=”1″] Victoria talks to Jane Garvey on Woman’s Hour (BBC Radio 4) about her new book ‘Cartes Postales from Greece‘ You can listen to the chapter featuring Victoria from the Woman’s Hour podcast using the audio player here: Otherwise, the entire episode of Woman’s Hour is available on BBC iPlayer. Click here to listen.
Ellie is miserable, but a shaft of Mediterranean sunlight enters her life when she starts receiving a series of Cartes Postales from Greece signed by an anonymous ‘A’. When they stop arriving after six months she decides to go and visit the country. As she sets off, a notebook arrives from ‘A’ telling of his […]
