The Water and the Wine by Tamar Hodes (UK 2018)

THE WATER AND THE WINE

Bohemian Love and Life
on a Greek Island

Title	The Water and the Wine - Bohemian Love and Life on a Greek Island
Author	Tamar Hodes
Country & Year	UK 2018
Publisher	Hookline Books, UK
Pages	247. Paperback.
Notes	ISBN 9780995623545
Summary	First of all: this is fiction, a novel, not a documentary. "It is the 1960s and a group of young writers and artists gather on the Greek island of Hydra. Leonard Cohen is at the start of his career and in love with Marianne, who is also muse to her ex-husband, Axel. Australian authors George Johnston and Charmian Clift drink, write and fight. It is a hedonistic time of love, sex and new ideas. As the island hums with excitement, Jack and Frieda join the community, hoping to mend their broken marriage. However, Greece is overtaken by a military junta and the artistic idyll is threatened. In this fictionalised account of the time, Tamar Hodes explores the destructive side of creativity and the price that we pay for our dreams."