“Draft:The Island Beyond the Coast”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

The Island Beyond the Coast is a historical novel written by Iota Angel. The book has been released by the English company [https://www.mythworld.eu/ Mythworld Entertainment], which holds the global copyright, in both Greek (Το Νησί Πέρα από την Ακτή; To Nisi Pera apo tin Akti) and English language. The book presentation took place at the Municipal Theatre of Piraeus, on 1 June 2017.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4].

Based on historical facts and references during the 19th century, the book gives readers the sensation of travelling around Athens, Piraeus, the beautiful islands, and other parts of Greece through a flashback journey in a realm of magic and imagination.

Hans Christian Andersen^[5]^[6]^[7] and Bayard Taylor^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11], two highly distinguished writers, are the storyteller-heroes in the book. Citing not only their own memories but impressions and experiences of ninety-three other foreign travelers, like Mark Twain^[12], Fredrika Bremer^[13]^[14] and Charles Tuckerman^[15], they present the pattern of the Greek society in the 19th century.

Hans Christian Andersen, the famous Dane “storyteller”, is the hero in the first part of the book, while Bayard Taylor, the American writer, poet and journalist, in the second part. They knew each other; however, Andersen had visited Greece in the first half of the 19th century while Taylor in the second half. Thus, each one of them had a narrative of his own. Of course, in the book, both travel into each other’s timeline as well as in the past, even back into the glorious years of ancient Greece.

Andersen and Taylor’s narrations come out in a confessional way with comments and a monologue from within. Events escalate without following a proper chronological order and are often interrupted to present the history of earlier events or post-date past. Stories are narrated exactly as they are presented in the books of the ninety-five foreign travellers, with authentic subjective information, thoughts and opinions.

Book under auspices

The book was published under the auspices of Ministries, Cultural and Commercial Organizations. This highlights the importance of the book circulation^[16]

References

1. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.eirinika.gr/article/160501/premiera-sto-dimotiko-theatro-peiraia-gia-exairetiko-vivlio-nisi-pera-apo-tin-akti|title="Πρεμιέρα" στο Δημοτικό Θέατρο Πειραιά για το εξαιρετικό βιβλίο "Το νησί πέρα από την ακτή" της Γιώτας Αγγελοπούλου|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
2. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.culturenow.gr/nisi-pera-apo-tin-akti-paroysiasi-vivlioy-sto-dpth/|title=Το Νησί Πέρα από την Ακτή: Παρουσίαση βιβλίου στο ΔΠΘ|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
3. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.dithepi.gr/el/events/4513/|title=Πάμε Δημοτικό; Πάμε Πειραιά; 2017|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
4. ^{{Cite web|url=https://fermouart.gr/tag/%CF%84%CE%BF-%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%83%CE%B9-%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81%CE%B1-%CE%B1%CF%80%CE%BF-%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-%CE%B1%CE%BA%CF%84%CE%B7/|title=Παρουσίαση βιβλίου “Το Νησί Πέρα από την Ακτή” στο Δημοτικό Θέατρο Πειραιά|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
5. ^{{Cite book|title=Hans Christian Andersen’s Stories for the Household.|last=Andersen|first=Hans Christian|publisher=George Routledge and Sons|year=1866|isbn=|location=London|pages=}}
6. ^{{Cite book|title=A Poet’s Bazaar. Pictures of Travel in Germany, Italy, Greece, and the Orient|last=Andersen|first=Hans Christian|publisher=Hurd and Houghton|year=1871|isbn=|location=New York|pages=}}
7. ^{{Cite book|title=The story of my life|last=Andersen|first=Hans Christian|publisher=Houghton, Mifflin and Co|year=1871|isbn=|location=Boston|pages=}}
8. ^{{Cite book|title=At home and abroad: A sketch book of life, scenery and men. Second series.|last=Taylor|first=Bayard|publisher=G. P. Putnam|year=1862|isbn=|location=New York|pages=}}
9. ^{{Cite book|title=The lands of the Saracen|last=Taylor|first=Bayard|publisher=G. P. Putnam|year=1864|isbn=|location=New York|pages=}}
10. ^{{Cite book|title=By-ways of Europe|last=Taylor|first=Bayard|publisher=G. P. Putnam & Sons|year=1871|isbn=|location=New York|pages=}}
11. ^{{Cite book|title=Greece and Russia; with an excursion to Crete|last=Taylor|first=Bayard|publisher=G. P. Putnam & Sons|year=1871|isbn=|location=New York|pages=}}
12. ^{{Cite book|title=The innocents abroad|last=Twain|first=Mark|publisher=American Publishing Co.|year=1869|isbn=|location=Hartford, Conn.|pages=}}
13. ^{{Cite book|title=Travels in the Holy Land. Vol. II.|last=Bremer|first=Fredrika|publisher=Hurst and Blackett|year=1862|isbn=|location=London|pages=}}
14. ^{{Cite book|title=Greece and the Greeks. The narrative of a winter residence and summer travel in Greece and its islands. Vol. I & Vol. II|last=Bremer|first=Fredrika|publisher=Hurst and Blacket|year=1863|isbn=|location=London|pages=}}
15. ^{{Cite book|title=The Greeks of today|last=Tuckerman|first=Charles|publisher=G. P. Putnam & Sons|year=1872|isbn=|location=New York|pages=}}
16. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.mythworld.eu/the-island-beyond-the-coast/|title=THE ISLAND BEYOND THE COAST – HISTORICAL NOVEL|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}