The nightingale will not let you sleep

Elias Trifannis, who went through the hell of the war in Afghanistan, arrives in Cyprus for rehabilitation. Exhausted by nightmares, he seeks oblivion in the arms of Turkish journalist Aylul. But the romantic walk of lovers ends in a tragic incident. Trifannis flees to Varos, a once popular Greek Cypriot resort town abandoned after the 1974 Turkish invasion. There he joins a community of exiles lost in overgrown ruins, where he can finally find peace and healing, but some cannot come to terms with this idyll amidst the ruins… A fascinating novel about hidden secrets, the consequences of war and the search for love.