Recipient of the coveted Republic of Cyprus National Literature Award 2002-2003.
Second title of a trilogy. The story of a Pre-Dynasty embalmer, called Ginger because of his red hair, whose naturally mummified body is found today in the British museum. The story is supposedly written by Sir Wallis Budge, curator of the museum until 1924 and it is about the journey of Ginger’s soul from one body to another through the centuries until it’s final stop on an imaginary island in the Mediterranean called Engadi, a British colony at the time. Clearly a satire about the life of the island’s inhabitants and to what extent their greed for money leads them, aspiring simultaneously an ironic hymn to the British colonization.
The second part of this trilogy is dedicated to man’s rapport with his soul.
Awards
- First Prize literary awards 2002 2003 Cyprus