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Drawing on many previously unseen letters, manuscripts and diaries, and richly illustrated by the eyewitness photographs of LIFE magazine photo-journalist James Burke, Half the Perfect World reveals the private lives and relationships of the Hydra expatriates.
- Paperback
- Oct 2018
- 9781.9B
- $ 39.95
Nov 5, 2018 · Half the Perfect World is an account of the expatriate artist community on the Greek island of Hydra from 1955 to 1964. Fostered by celebrated Australian literary couple Charmian Clift and George Johnston, this fabled 'colony' came to include Leonard Cohen and numerous other writers and artists. What brought this group to Hydra?
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Half the Perfect World is the fourth studio album by American jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux. It was released on September 12, 2006. It peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and had sold 218,000 copies in the United States by December 2008.
- Vocal Jazz
Deeply researched and erudite, written in an engaging style, and wonderfully illustrated, Half the Perfect World tells a story of Hydra as a home for creative bohemianism in the late '50s and ...
Half the Perfect World tells the story of the post-war international artist community that formed on the Greek island of Hydra. Most famously, it included renowned singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen and his partner Marianne Ihlen, as well as many other artists and writers including the Australian literary couple, Charmian Clift and George Johnston ...
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- Paul Genoni, Tanya Dalziell
Books. Half the Perfect World: Writers, Dreamers and Drifters on Hydra, 1955-1964. Paul Genoni, Tanya Dalziell. Monash University Publishing, 2018 - Art - 425 pages. "Half the Perfect World...
Half the Perfect World tells the story of the post-war international artist community that formed on the Greek island of Hydra, which centred on Australian writers George Johnston and Charmian, and included Canadian poet, novelist and songwriter, Leonard Cohen.
