Nathan Shachar is the Jerusalem correspondent of the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter.

"The author manages I believe to deftly tell the story of this bustling Greek Island, within the framework of a wider historical narrative, a remarkable history of religious and cultural co-existence that has been disturbed and unsettled by forced resettlements, deportations and genocide, but also a story marinated with many of Islands idiomatic characteristics, disparate cultures and religions. Empathically written, the narrative flow can at times feel somewhat uneven, and whilst the book is not quite on the magisterially erudite canvass of Mark Mazowers wonderful portrait of Salonika, that might appear a small cavil set against what remained for me as a memorable, evocative, richly sourced and gripping book." - Mike Guilfoyle, Left Central, 12th May 2014

Nathan Shachar is the Jerusalem correspondent of the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter.

"The author manages I believe to deftly tell the story of this bustling Greek Island, within the framework of a wider historical narrative, a remarkable history of religious and cultural co-existence that has been disturbed and unsettled by forced resettlements, deportations and genocide, but also a story marinated with many of Islands idiomatic characteristics, disparate cultures and religions. Empathically written, the narrative flow can at times feel somewhat uneven, and whilst the book is not quite on the magisterially erudite canvass of Mark Mazowers wonderful portrait of Salonika, that might appear a small cavil set against what remained for me as a memorable, evocative, richly sourced and gripping book." - Mike Guilfoyle, Left Central, 12th May 2014

Nathan Shachar is the Jerusalem correspondent of the Swedish daily Dagens Nyheter.

"The author manages I believe to deftly tell the story of this bustling Greek Island, within the framework of a wider historical narrative, a remarkable history of religious and cultural co-existence that has been disturbed and unsettled by forced resettlements, deportations and genocide, but also a story marinated with many of Islands idiomatic characteristics, disparate cultures and religions. Empathically written, the narrative flow can at times feel somewhat uneven, and whilst the book is not quite on the magisterially erudite canvass of Mark Mazowers wonderful portrait of Salonika, that might appear a small cavil set against what remained for me as a memorable, evocative, richly sourced and gripping book." - Mike Guilfoyle, Left Central, 12th May 2014