Livre Mykonos Muse - Assouline

Située dans les Cyclades et entourée par l'eau bleu-vert de la mer Égée, se trouve Mykonos, blanchie à la chaux, parsemée de moulins à vent, l'île des vents. Cette île ancienne et celles qui l'entourent, mythifiées comme les corps des dieux abattus par Hercule à l'époque de l'Antiquité, sont plus anciennes que la légende et ont accueilli d'innombrables cultures depuis plus de millénaires. Avec une superficie de quarante miles carrés et une population de seulement dix mille habitants, l '«Ibiza de la Grèce» est devenue prisée pour sa magnifique architecture, ses habitants accueillants et ouverts d'esprit et ses plages fantastiques. Avec des noms tels que `` Paradise '' et `` Super Paradise '', les sables de ces rivages ont capturé l'imagination et le cœur des titans de l'industrie, des artistes et des fêtards du monde entier, le marquant comme une destination cosmopolite stable et comme un havre de paix sur le circuit de la jet-set.

 Ce livre fait la chronique de la culture et de la société qui ont défini Mykonos au cours du siècle dernier - depuis ses jours de repaire pour des sommités et des élites telles que Le Corbusier et Antonis Benakis, jusqu'à son moment de sanctuaire pour la communauté gay, jusqu'à sa scène de fête prédominante. - tout en livrant au lecteur les ruines et les mythes qui s'y cachent.

Located in the Cyclades and surrounded by the blue-green water of the Aegean sits whitewashed, windmill-strewn Mykonos, the island of the winds. This ancient island and those surrounding it, mythologized as the bodies of gods felled by Hercules in the time of antiquity, are older than legend and have played host to countless cultures for more than millennia. At forty-square-miles and boasting a population of only ten-thousand, the ‘Ibiza of Greece’ has become prized for gorgeous architecture, welcoming and open-minded locals, and fantastic beaches. With such names as ‘Paradise’ and ‘Super Paradise,’ the sands of these shores have captured the imaginations and hearts of industry titans, artists, and party-goers alike from all around the globe, marking it as a stable cosmopolitan destination and as a paramount it haven on the jet-set circuit.

 This book chronicles the culture and society that has defined Mykonos over the past century—from its days as a hideout for such luminaries and elites as Le Corbusier and Antonis Benakis, to its moment as a sanctuary for the gay community,to its predominant party scene—all the while indulging the reader with the ruins and myths hidden there.

300 pages
over 200 illustrations
English language
Released in May 2018
W 9.68 x L 12.99 x D 1.57 in
Silk Hardcover
ISBN: 9781614286905
6.4 lb

Located in the Cyclades and surrounded by the blue-green water of the Aegean Sea, lies Mykonos, whitewashed, dotted with windmills, the Island of the Winds. This ancient island and those that surround it, mythologized as the bodies of the gods slaughtered by Hercules in the days of Antiquity, are older than legend and have hosted countless cultures for more than millennia. With an area of ​​forty square miles and a population of just ten thousand, the “Ibiza of Greece” has become popular for its magnificent architecture, welcoming and open-minded people and fantastic beaches. With names such as 'Paradise' and 'Super Paradise', the sands of these shores have captured the imaginations and hearts of industry titans, artists and revelers around the world, marking it as a stable cosmopolitan destination like a haven of peace on the jet-set circuit.

This book chronicles the culture and society that have defined Mykonos over the past century - from its days as a haunt for luminaries and elites such as Le Corbusier and Antonis Benakis, to its time as a sanctuary for the gay community, right down to its predominant party scene. - while delivering to the reader the ruins and the myths hidden there.



Located in the Cyclades and surrounded by the blue-green water of the Aegean sits whitewashed, windmill-strewn Mykonos, the island of the winds. This ancient island and those surrounding it, mythologized as the bodies of gods felled by Hercules in the time of antiquity, are older than legend and have played host to countless cultures for more than millennia. At forty-square-miles and boasting a population of only ten-thousand, the ‘Ibiza of Greece’ has become prized for gorgeous architecture, welcoming and open-minded locals, and fantastic beaches. With such names as 'Paradise' and 'Super Paradise,' the sands of these shores have captured the imaginations and hearts of industry titans, artists, and party-goers alike from all around the globe, marking it as a stable cosmopolitan destination and as a paramount it haven on the jet-set circuit.

This book chronicles the culture and society that has defined Mykonos over the past century — from its days as a hideout for such luminaries and elites as Le Corbusier and Antonis Benakis, to its moment as a sanctuary for the gay community, to its predominant party scene —All the while indulging the reader with the ruins and myths hidden there.

300 pages
over 200 illustrations
English language
Released in May 2018
W 9.68 x L 12.99 x D 1.57 in
Silk Hardcover
ISBN: 9781614286905
6.4 lbs