{"product_id":"the-greek-house-9780374535261b","title":"The Greek House","description":"\u003cb\u003eA richly rewarding narrative about a young painter's love affair with the Greek island of Sifnos.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Christian Brechneff first set foot on the Greek island of Sifnos, it was the spring of 1972 and he was a twenty-one-year-old painter searching for artistic inspiration and a quiet place to work. There, this Swiss child of Russian émigrés, adrift and confused about his sexuality, found something extraordinary. In Sifnos, he found a muse, a subject he was to paint for years, and a sanctuary. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn The Greek House, Brechneff tells a funny, touching narrative about his relationship to Sifnos, writing with warmth about its unforgettable residents and the house he bought in a hilltop farm village. This is the story of how he fell in love with Sifnos, and how it became a haven from the complexities of his life in Western Europe and New York. It is the story of his village and of the island during the thirty-odd years he owned the house - from a time when there were barely any roads, to the arrival of the modern world with its tourists and high-speed boats and the euro. And it is the story of the end of the love affair - how the island changed and he changed, how he discovered he had outgrown Sifnos, or couldn't grow there anymore.     ","brand":"Farrar Straus Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42826869768272,"sku":"9780374535261B","price":7.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780374535261-l.jpg?v=1785907850","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/products\/the-greek-house-9780374535261b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}