Notes From a Very Small Island, by Anthony Stancomb
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Reviews for Under a Croatian Sun: ‘It’s escapism that really works. Full of acute observation, uncontrollable humour and a rousing climax.’ - Country Life ‘To his credit Stancomb resists the stereotype of the closed-minded British expatriate.’ - Independent on Sunday - Pick of the paperbacks ‘A thoroughly good read ---An endearing tale of a roller coaster ride.’ - Croatia Online ‘This is not a tale of your usual English couple. This is such a fantastic read ... both humorous and thought provoking.’ - Travellingbookjunkie ‘The author presents this quirky little tale in an honest way, even when he is on the receiving end of a joke. You don’t need to make a break with your past to enjoy this book. It is a fascinating, humorous and totally believable read.’ - Robin’s Reviews ‘A good read. I enjoyed best the humorous bits.’ Tony Rossiter (author of It’s Only a Bloody Game) ‘A good read.’ - Tariq Ali Notes From a Very Small Island is the follow-up to the bestselling ‘Under a Croatian Sun’, which tells the story of a couple upping sticks and leaving their humdrum life in London for blue skies and café life on an island in Croatia. In this second book, the couple continue their attempts to fit in with the village community, but it’s not always easy, and more often than not their endeavours involve them in in hilarious disasters. They also now try to start some projects up, but they have to battle with maddening ex-communist authorities and highly suspicious locals. However, through this, they get to see the crippling legacies that communism and the recent war have left in the lives of their new neighbours. Although largely a light hearted tale, the book is also a heartfelt insight into a community trying to adjust to being members of the EU and the ways of the Western World.
Notes From a Very Small Island, by Anthony Stancomb - Amazon Sales Rank: #3591912 in Books
- Published on: 2015-07-17
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.81" h x .71" w x 5.06" l, .68 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 312 pages
Notes From a Very Small Island, by Anthony Stancomb About the Author Anthony Stancomb worked in Film and Television for ten years before starting his own company promoting British artists to galleries abroad. But twenty years on, discovering the island of Vis, and realising that running a large business was not what he wanted to do for the rest of his life, he and his wife moved there.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful. Challenges Adjusting to New Realities By Gustavo A. Mellander, Ph.D., D.H.L. How many of us have wistfully glanced out a window on a dismal grey cold winter day and dreamed of basking on a sun drenched island. Truth be told, many of us have. As indeed, driving home in the dark after working all day and then suddenly sliding off the icy highway has evoked similar yearnings to dump our job get away from it all. These desires melt away and disappear with the rejuvenating rays of Springtime.In the United States many of us look to the Caribbean as our Shangri-La. In Europe. the Mediterranean is the magnet.Anthony Stancomb, a successful London-based business man got fed up with the pressures of urban living in old foggy London Towne. He and his wife moved lock, stock and barrel to the tiny island of Vis in Croatia. They left their former life behind for “blue skies and café life.”Their adventures, not all good or pleasant, led to Stancomb’s first book, "Under a Croatian Sun." He now follows up with "Notes From a Very Small Island."It is a delightful story, clothed in fiction, of how difficult it is for strangers to be accepted in a small town in a far away country. Suspicion, resentment and distrust of foreigners lead to tense moments. Yet, Stancomb is able to find humor in the strangest of circumstances and shares those moments with his readers.It’s not all peaches and cream. Former communists in particular resent Westerners in their community. Much of the island’s architecture is ugly, huge concrete Soviet style buildings which are still being replicated.Cultural differences do not disappear away quickly --- if ever. Stancomb is perceptive in recognizing and honest enough to report that he still acts as an Englishman which sometimes hinders understanding and assimilation.This is a good read. Stancomb has a pleasant writing style – interesting, insightful and instructive. I look forward to his next book.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful. Entertaining and fascinating read about the island of Vis By natureboy About 25 years ago, soon after their “convoy days” and the Croatian war against Serbian aggressors, Ivana, “of Croatian parentage”, and her English husband move from the metropolitan London to the small Croatian island of Vis. Wanting to "espouse its ancient and simple ways", they buy and renovate an old summer palazzo. The English couple soaks up the fascinating island’s history, but meeting the Mediterranean mentality can be as painful as funny – and sometimes both at the same time. The author shares this story not only deriving from his distant observations as a foreigner, but mostly from engaged conversations with the locals. And what people don’t tell them, Karmela, their housekeeper, does. Did you know that many inhabitants of Vis seem to have a mother-inflated opinion of themselves?As a reader you slip into the the heads of the locals; although they are sometimes described as strange characters, they are always presented multidimensionally enough so one must start loving them - at least after hearing about the effects of isolation of the island under the Tito’s communistic government. Communists may be gone now, but there is another enemy trying to destroy this pristine island: the hordes of estate agents trying to sell every stone.Understandably, Stancomb sometimes observes the island from a stranger’s distance, but often this distance disappears and “the foreigners” become one with the locals: “As for the sport of cricket, our island team had played in several other countries …” And becoming “one of them” is by no means easy, not even for Croatian non-islanders.The book ends as Croatia joins the EU, understandably expecting big changes in its culture. But Stancomb has “a strong feeling that life on this island was going to continue in much the same quaint, stubborn, eccentric and endearing ways, just as it always had.”No. This entertaining and fascinating read is not a travel guide, but it still offers most secret and most practical knowledge about the small Island of Vis and its inhabitants. Even more: what happens on this tiny Croatian island makes you forget about the rest of the world… without even noticing it…
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful. Heartfelt, Funny and Thoughtfully Written By Renee Lake I received a copy of this book in return for an honest reviewI don't read novels like this very often, not usually my first choice. However when I read about this book and the island it made me think about a movie called The Decoy Bride. The MC in the movie writes a lovely travel guide about a small island. Her travel guide is thoughtful, humorous and heartfelt.While this book is a story more than a travel guide I feel it had a lot of those same qualities: it was thoughtfully written you can tell the author loves the island of Vis and the people even though they sometimes butt heads with the locals. It was funny with bits lik (one of my favorite lines) :I, of course, stuck out like an ancient Briton in animal skins on a Gay Pride parade. Above all else this story is being told with emotion,There were beautiful passages like this:That evening I sat on the terrace with a glass of Bozo’s red watching the sun melt into the hills like a burning ember. It tinged the clouds with pink, and turned the surface of the bay into a shimmer of orange mercury. Below me in the courtyard, the swallows on their last flight of the day were doing figures of eight round the columns, and the scent of the jasmine came wafting up to the terrace.That made me wish I was living on that island as well. The author tells it like this is such a beautiful and fun, peaceful place to live. I always thought being outside a city wold kill me, I grew up in a small town after all, but the author makes me re think this.The people and events in this story, like Constantin and Ivana, are full of life and character. This was VERY well written.I did have a hard time figuring out, was this novel completely non fiction? Is it fiction with non fiction aspects? Are the people and events real or just based on things that kind of happened? The discloser at the beginning makes me think that this story is the author's recollection, but I can't be sure. I don't like being confused by a novel so that's why four stars instead of five.Give this a go, even if it isn't your normal fair, you might be surprised.
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