 |
|
|
|
|
|
Modern Greek Novels and Poetry
Compiled by and Ó Stelios Jackson
Stelios' novel of 2001 "Uncle Petros and the Goldbach Conjecture", by Apostolos Doxiades
The Entries all in Greek are original works in Greek. Where the Author is in English and the title in Greek, these are translations into Greek and where the author and title are in English, so is the book (where it has been translated from Greek I have placed a "G" beside the title). Books in both Greek and English say so after the title ("parallel text")
Listed below in both Greek and English are some of the 2,000 novels and poetic works that we currently stock. Our titles are constantly changing and of course we can get anything available in Greece, normally within a fortnight, so this page will always be a mere tiny percentage of the books we stock. There will eventually be around 1,000 novels and poems on this page.
I have used both Greek and English characters in the list below, which brings with it a few problems. I am using the Roman alphabet i.e. A-Z and not the Greek, A-W: As the Greek and Roman alphabets share certain similarities most letters will appear where you'd expect. Below I have shown the system I have used to enable the reader to be able to find a Greek author using the Roman Alphabet:
Click a letter to go to that entry:
Alfa=A, Bhta=V, Gama=G (or Y), Delta=D Eyilon=E, Zhta=Z (but is the 26th letter not the 6th), Hta=I, Qhta=Th, Iota=I, Kapa=K (or in the case of Cavafy C), Lamda=L, Mi=M, (MP =B MD=D MT=D) Ni=N, Xi=X, Omikron=O, Pi=P, Rw=R, Sigma=S, Tau=T, TZ=J, Uyilov=I, Fi=F, Ci=Ch (or H), Yi=Ps, Wmega=O
An absolutely magnificent, hardback with superbly translated (and original ; yes, it's parallel text ; Greek and English!), anthology of Greek poetry, from the whole of the 20th century. We have, somehow(!), managed to keep the price below £40.00, and can offer this, including postage, to the UK at £45.00 (It weighs the proverbial ton this!). Click on the cover for a contents' review; needless to say, this is one of the finest books EVER on Greek literature. There are more "usual suspects" here - from a nation whose poetry is beyond compare - than one could shake Astirachus at! Not that he's included; this is strictly modern. Order this book
Some "Easy Readers" for those of you learning the language:
First Level Xenodoxheio Atlantis Parakalo ("Hotel Atlantis, Please") |
 First Level Poios Einai O A.M.; ("Who is A.M?") |
 Second Level Enan Avgousto stis Spetseis. (An August In Spetsei) |
 Third Level To Monterlo pou ixere poli (The Model who knew a lot/too much) |
 Third Level (Heroes) Iroes |
 Third Level Oi Dodeka Theoi tou Olympou (The 12 Gods of Olympus) |
 Third Level Mythoi (Myths) |
 Fourth Level Kenali 35 (Channel 35) |
 Fourth Level Peripeteia sti Mani (Adventures in Mani) |
 Fifth Level To Mystiko tou kokkinou spitiou The Secret of the Red House |
Also available 'E Niki kai e Alloi' Level 2
Alphabetically listed by Author
Prices can be found by clicking on the titles.
Ampatzoglou, PetroV- Ti qelei h Kuria Friman
Abatzoglou, Petros- What does Mrs Freeman Want G Series Modern Greek writers in translation.translated from modern Greek BY Kay Cicellis. greek author. Here is the portrait of an exaordinary - yet in many ways typical -English couple as seen through the eyues of a fascinated, ouzo-guzzling Greek narrator, reminiscing on a sun-drenched beach. Under his passionate, yet humourous, scrutiny. Mrs. Freeman and her husband come alive with great vividness, while retaining intact the mystery of their "otherness"".The Book is much more than the story of Mrs Freeman's life and times, it also offers an ironical insight into the confrontation of two cultures , two different ways of looking at the world.. also available in modern greek.
Abatzoglou, Petros- Ti Qelei h Khria Freeman Sweet novel also available in English as "What does Mrs Freeman Want?
Alexandrou, Aris Mission Box G Series of Modern Greek Writers.Symbolically powerful, incisively poetic. Mission Box is a Kafkasque Odyssey of yearnng a nd dissilusionment, aspiration and despair, which placed Aris Alexandrou at the forefront of Greek fiction in our time.Amidst the turmoil at the end of the greek civil war of l946-1949 , the anonymous narrtor of the novel, writing his "despoisiton" in solitary confinement , attempts to discover the truth regarding the abortive mission of which he is the sole survivor. As he strives to exonerate himself and incrimate his politial adversaries, the narrator presents a vivid account of the mission involving the transport of a box whose contents are secret but are alleged to be of crucial stratetic significance. The narrator strikingly juxtajposes ordinary incidents of barracks life to machinations of party intrigue, as well as scenes of joy and heatbreak in his relationship with his wife, Rena. In turn, there are moving memories of school days with his pals Christopher and Alekos, who are also companions in the resistance.inspiring experiences of youthful idealism , and moments of anguish and insight in his lonely cell. Brimming with existential and ideological implications, mission Box is a memorable lilterary experience a telling allegory of issues which have a continuing impact on our lives. paperback. pp. 348. published in Greece. also available in Greek.
ARISTOFANHS. NEFELES. in comic form
Aseminios, Nikos: Salvation or Death. Soteria oi thanatos. G Modern Greek poetry. parallel text.Nikos Assiminios was born in London on the 25th June l975. His paretns are both greek, his mother from Aegilna and his mothr from Cyprus. From a very early age he was drawn into the world of poetry and creative writing. He uses juxtaposition and surrealilsm to express the ambiguity of emotions present in the human soul and plsyche, and man's eternal struggle for a justification of his existence. 1995. pp.46
Aurelia- A lone Red Apple "The prime meridian line that seperates the Eastern and Western hemispheres at London's old Royal London observatory, also seperates the lives of Mathew and Elena..."
Sprawling novel, set mainly in the 1930's and '40's in Thessaloniki. Translated into English by Caroliine Harbouri. Dimitriou, Sotiris - WOOF, WOOF, DEAR LORD. G Series modern greek writers in translation Translated by Leo Marshall..We are sad creatures. I am a prostitute running to seed and my last asset is an idiot son. I am a streeet-swepper collapsing under the weight of time and my own obesity. I am a fou-mouthed and repellent daughter desperately in need of a man. Sad creatures. Simple needs. Mr. Dimitrou conjures us into existence in the space of a few lines, and we live, poised between hope and its extinction, for a few brief pages in the harsh world of his pared down prose. Sad creatures, dumb creatures. our spokesman ultimately is a dead or dying dog..woof, woof, dear lord. paperback. pp. 111.also available in greek.
Bernierre, Louis De- To Mantolino tou Locagou Koreli Translation into Greek of Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Bernierre, Louis De- Captain
Corelli's Mandolin
Bien, Peter Kazantzakis, Nikos, Novelist A biography Splendid short introduction of the novels (Freedom or (sic., though I think this was the US title of Kapetan Michaelis translated here as Freedom AND Death) Death, Christ Recrucified, The Last temptation, Zorba the Greek and God's Pauper) as well as an appendix featuring "Kazantzakis and Women" and a bit about the language of Kazantzakis
Bird, Michael J. Who Pay's the Ferryman Novel set on Crete and for those with long memories serialized by the BBC back in the '70s
MprountakhV, Xenofwn, A- H Mera arcise me to Aleuri
Kabafh, K-Poimata tou KabafhV (2 tomoi Ed IkaroV)
Kabafh, C K. Apanta tou KabafhV Collection of the poetry of Cavafy). A collection of the poetry of Constantine Cavafy
Cavafy, C- Collected Poems G A fine translation of the poetry of C.P. Cavafy by Phillip Sherrard and Edmund Keeley. Rather a distinctive cover design by David Hockney too!
Liddell Robert- Cavafy a Biography New edition in the "Paperduck" series
C.P. Cavafy - 'The Canon' A brand new
translation - by renowned author, Stratis Haviaras, and with a foreword
by Seamus
Heaney,
of 'The Canon'; the 154 original published poems of the great Alexandrian-Greek poet.
One of the world's great poets; his humanity and, at times, sexuality (the turn of the 20th century would not have been a particularly fantastic time to have been gay!) shine through. If there were ever a finer poet, worldwide, I'd like to read him, or her; and a better translation would be difficult to find!
Cavafy C.P. I've Gazed Too Much CP Cavafy G A short collection of poems, of the world-renowned poet Constantine Cavafy, translated by George Economou, with illustrations by Dieter Hall
Coelho, Paulo- O Alchimistis In Greek £13.95
Coelho, Paulo- O Diavolos kai e Despoinida Prim In Greek
Coelho, Paulo- To Encheireidio tou Polimisti tou Fotos In Greek
Christomanou, K E- H Kerenia Koukla
Davison, Catherine Temma- The Priest Fainted
Dimitriou, Sotiris- Woof, Woof, My Dear Lord G
Douka, Maro- Fool's Gold G Series Modern Greek writers. translated by Roderick Beaton. Dramatic novel set in the time of the infamous dictatorship of the "Colonels" in Greece in l967. paperback. also available in Greek. pp. 324. published in 'Greece in l991
Douka, Maro- Come forth, King G Series. modern Greek writers. translated from the Greek by David Connolly. Who was Alexius Comnenus who would wage war in East and West to save Byzantium from the edge of the abyss? who were the women who loved him? Who was it who tried to poison him? Why did his daughter, Anna Comnena, hate her brother. , Come forth, king, attempts to revive the final flimmer of Byzantium and to take us back on a journey to those diffcult yers fthrough the narrative of an insignificatnt palace member, who now retired to Sinope in Pontus recalls the past with awe.paperback. pp. 372. also availabel in modern greek. published in Greece. 2002.
Doukas, Stratis- A Prisoner of War's Story G
DoxiadhV,ApostoloV- O QeioV PetroV kai h eikasia tou Gkolvtmac
Doxiadis, Apostolos- Uncle Petros
and Goldbach's Conjecture. G
Superb translation into English, by the author himself of a novel originally written in Greek. Andrew's favourite novel of 2001
Durrell Lawrence and Royidis Emmanuel- Pope Joan G
Umberto Eco- To EkkremeV tou foukw
Eco, Umberto- To nhsi thV prohgoumenhV HmeraV
Eco, Umberto- To Onama tou Rodou
Elytis, Odysseus The Axion Esti G
Elytis, Odysseus. Journal of an Unseen April Parallel text G
Evangelou, A.C- Short Stories G
Finlay, David - The Nelson Touch
"The Nelson Touch" by David Finlay. Published in Crete. 2002. Comedy..Adventure.. Political Satire.. Detective Story.. love story! All these elements together told with imagination. The statue of Lord Nelson , daringly and secretly dismantled in the centre of London and smuggled to Greece- to be held to ransom for the return of the "Elgin Marbles" to the parthenon in Athens. A thrilling chase by the Royal navy. a triumph for Scotland yard. An abortive SAS commando raid. International mayhem. All for the love of a beautiful woman. A satirical novel. paperback. £8.99
Franghias, Andreas - The Courtyard In the series Modern Greek Writers in transalation. . translated by Martin Mckinsey. The courtyard gives us apicture of Athens not found in the guidebooks. Set in the ruins of post-World War 11 Greece, the story revolves around the inhabitants of a single courtyard in one of the city's poorer neighbourhoods. Officially, the civil war has been over for years but its devestating effects continue the haunt the survivors as , driven by fear, hunger and greed, they try to wrange a way out of their poverty amd pent-up lives. The Courtyard tells the stories of the inhabitants with humour and drama. It is the portrait of a city rebuilding and reshaping itself. of a society torn out of the roots, suspended between the uncertainties of its future and the nightmares of its past. pp.448. published in Greece. l995. also available in Greek.
Galanaki, Rhea The Life of Ismail Ferek Pasha G Fact based novel on the life of an Ottoman pasha, who changes his name and becomes involved in the Greek struggle for independence against his erstwhile comrades. Translated from Greek to English by Kay Cicellis. HARDBACK
George, Elizabeth- Aprosmenh Ekdikhsh
Gilmour, H.B.- To Zeugari thV CroniaV
GrhgoriadhV, QeodwroV- Ta Nera thV Cersonhsou
Grimosoulis, Kostis- Her Night on Red G In the series modern Greek writers. translated by Philip Ramp. This is a complex story of flight. A woman tearing herself away from a major love affair is driven by the pain of her decision to take a long journey .She leaves the town of Patras, her friends, the bar she worked at, her self as she knew it and hitch-hikes to Epirus in winter, along desered roads, catching rides with the men who drive these roads. eventually she ends ujp in the island of Patmos where the battle to save her life reaches a climax and feeling she is on the verge of losing her soul she rediscovers herself in the form of a sleeping child., Though hounded by failure, fear and silence, she does discover the true grandeur of love and with it a sense of her own self. Her mind and emotions are honed to such an exceptional degree that the pain she suffers becomes the way to self-realisation., Because love, for the strong and the daring, always leads to the most inaccessible and divine parts of our being. paperback. pp. 121. published in Greece l996. also available in Greek.
Hakkas, Marios- Heroes' Shrine for sale or The Elegant Toilet G In the series of modern Greek writers. transalted by Amy Mimms. Marios Hakkas lived almost all his tragically short life close to the Athenian neighbourhood of Kesarariani, in the shodow of mount Hymettos. Throughout the Nazi occupation of Greece, this district was the symbol of Greek resitance and Hakkas' stories are indelibly marked by the blood-stained events of the Kesariani "Skopeftirio" (shooting-ground) where at least a thousand greek partisans sacrificed tneir lives. With sharp irony , but alo occassional flashes of elegiac lyricism, Hakkas laments the loss of this valiant spirit. Wrathfully, he imagines the once heroic "shooting-Ground) being sold out to land-grabbers , interested only in profiteering and money-grubbing shop-owners. The acquisition of an new fangled "elegant toilet" becomes the symbol of this new Kesariani, where disappointed ex-idealists are no longer able to dream or even to remember their recent struggles .. However, the last story in the last book records the voice of a single lad, killed while resisting, and this outcray remains vibrantly alive, demanding justice from future generations. paperback. pp. 110. published in Greece in l997. also available in Greek.
Heimonas, Giorgos- The Builders G In the series modern Greek writers in translation. translated by Robert Crist. George Heimonas mysterious and moving narratives have made him one of Greece's most renowned and contempoary writers. In The Builders the protagonist is the herald of a new order of speech and feeling. The text suggest that we cease, as it were , to listen to expeience with our neighbour's ears rather we should feel the world through a sort of language of the nerves. Thus, the narrative does not articulate an idea or situation so much as pulse with sensations of pain, joy , discovery. The feeling of existence becomes its meaning. In Heimonas' words the world becomes an image and humanity itself the message. paperback. pp.62. published in Greece l991. also available in Greek.
Haris Petros. The longest night. Chronicle of a Dead City. by Petros HARIS. G Translated from the original greek by Theodore Sampson.The nine short stories in The Longest Night recreate the second world war atmosphere in Greece in general and Athens in particular during the grim years of the German occupation of that country. Eight of the stories focus on the fate of Athens, and, as the subtitle of the volume suggests, it amounts to "chronicle of a dead city" which opens with the description of the German troops entering Athens and ends with an account of their inglorious departure. It is the story of the suffering endured by he Greek people, especially those residing in Athens and their struggle to regain their freedom. hardback. pp. 129. l985. nostos.
HATZIS Dimitris. The end of our Small Town G Translated by David Vere. edited by Dimitris Tziovas. Through the experiences of the characters in these seven interrelated stories Dimitris Hatzis portrays the life of a provincial town in north-western Greece during the interwar period and partly during the Occupation. As more traditionaal l modes of living give way before the onset of modern innovations the impct such changes have on his characters is the author's central concern.In this respect, this particular community stands for all communities exposed to ther inevitability of change and the altered ways of thinking that ensure. Whilst he willingly embraces the new, the teller of these humane tales cannot simultaneously help regretting the passing of the old, and this tension characterises much of the book and contributes to its special feeling. paperbackack. 1995. pp. 183 Centre for byzantine, ottoman and modern greek studies . university of Birmingham.
Holst, Gail- Road to Rembetika (rebetika)
Kampos- A wonderful multi thematic series of booklets.
Holton, David and Pye, Jocelyn (eds.) Kampos- Cambridge Papers in Modern Greek Vol 2 . Contents of Volume 2: Byzantium in the Poetry of Kostis Palamas and C.P. Cavafy by Panagiotis A Agapitos; Making a World: Political exciles in 1930s Greece by Margaret E. Kenna; The Return of the Muses: Some aspects of revivalism in Greek Literature by Peter Mackridge; The Presentation of place and space in the poetry of Yiannis Ritsos by Christopher Robinson; Heteroglossia and the defeat of regionalism in Greece by Dimitris Tsiovas; History as fiction in Rea Galanaki's 'The Life of Ismael Ferik Pasha ' by Eleni Yannakaki
Holton, David and Pye, Jocelyn (eds.) Kampos- Cambridge Papers in Modern Greek Vol 4 Contents of Volume 4: Pawns that never becam Queens: The Dodecanese Islands, 1912-1924 by Philip Carabott; The Fabrication of the Middle Ages: Roides's 'Pope Joan' by Ruth Macrides; Reflections on Kazantxakis and the Greek Language by Irene Philipppaki-Warburton; Greek Music in the 20th Century: A European Dimension by Guy Protheroe; The Poet as Witness: Titos Patrikios and the Legacy of the Greek Civil War by David Ricks; Greek Attitudes to the Spanish Civil War by Thanasis D. Sfikas.
Holton, David and Pye,Jocelyn (eds.) Kampos- Cambridge Papers in Modern Greek Vol 5 Contents of Volume 5: Writing, Identity and Truth in Kazantzakis's novel: 'The Last Temptation' by Roderick Beaton; The Image of Britain in the Literary Magazine 'Pandora' 1850-1872 by Sophia Denissi. The Australian Dimension of the Macedonian Question by Michael Jeffries; Gender, Sexuality and Narration in Kostas Tachtsis; The Ionain University of Smyrna, 1919-1922: "Light from the East" by Victoria Solomonides
Holton, David and Pye, Jocelyn (eds.) Kampos- Cambridge Papers in Modern Greek Vol 6 Contents of Volume 6: Greek Surrealist Poets in English Translation: Problems parametes and possibilities by David C onnolly; Kazantzakis and Biography by Georgia Farinou-Malamatari; Variations on a Theme: Cavafy rewrites his own poems by Peter Mackridge. Modernism in Modern Greek Theatre (1895-1922) by Walter Puchn er. "Berlin", Cyprus: Photography, Simulation and the Directed Gaxe in a Divided City by Paul Sant Cassia; Dimitrios Vikelas in the Diaspora: Memory, Character, Formation and Language by Dimitris Tziovas
Holton, David and Pye, Jocelyn (eds.) Kampos- Cambridge Papers in Modern Greek Vol 10 This is the tenth issue of KAMPOS. an event that should not go unremarked, since many an academic journal has failed to make it into double figures. KAMPOS has established itself as a serious publication in the field of modern greek studies. articles which first appeared here are regularly cited in the work of other scholars, and in bibliographies and reading lists. At the end of this vol. there is an index of the articles that have appeared in issues 1-10 some 51 articles by 42 different authors all over the world. The range of subjects covered within the field of modern greek studies is also wide. literature, history, politics anthropology folklore,theatre, cinema, lingustics, music , religion, education as well as broader cultural themes. in this book are articles on the treasurs of Ayio Symeon- cyprus. odysseus elytis on a poetic expression. sculpture and stones in the poetry of Seferis and Ritsos. national bibliography before the nation. Greek cypriot refugees after twenty-five years. "it happened in "athens" the relaunch of Greek film production during the first world war 11. papaerback. 2002.
Holton, David and Pye, Jocelyn (eds.) Kampos- Cambridge Papers in Modern Greek Vol 11 Articles in English pp. 193. 2003. paperback. published by the modern greek department. university of cambridge. includes. Evvia portage, the jews, elas and the allies in evvia Steven Bowman.. Writing the history of Greece 40 years on. Richard Clogg. Cavafy and Cantacuzenus. allies or enemies? Anthony Hirst. Love in a changing climate. the rise of romance in a Greek village . l977-80. Roger Just. Seferi's lost centre. Mike Provata. How it strikes a contemporary. Cavafy as a reviser of Browning. David Ricks. The Greek domestic novel in the l990's and after. Eleni Yannakakis. Edited by David Holton and Tina Lendari.
Holton, David and Pye, Jocelyn (eds.) Kampos- Cambridge Papers in Modern Greek Vol 12 A series of papers in book book form.edited by David Holton and Io Manoessou. paperback. 2004. pp. 94. includes Erotokritos and the history of the novel. Roderick Beaton. Still a "Weak State?
Ioannou, G. E- SargofagoV Currently on the Greek A' Level syllabus
Ioannou, Yorgos- Good Friday Vigil G In the series of modern Greek writers . translated by Peter Mackridge and jackie Willcox. The protagonist in each of these stories in a solitary individual , alienated from society, haunted by memories, fascinated by the disgusting, obsessed with the relationship between love and death, and fetishistically attached to certain objects that bear the traces of traumatic experience. Ioannou brilliantly highlights the discrepancy between intimate acts of sex and violence, and the way people pretend in public that life can be lived without physicality. paperback. published in Greece. 1995. pp126. also available in Greek.
Ioannou, Yorgos- Refugee Capital G In the series modern greek writers in translation. translated by Fred Reed. Yorgos Ioannou's Refugee Capital. Thessaloniki Chronicles shines a harsh ironic, yet compassionate light on his birthplace the city of Salonica.The human geograhy and consciousness of which were indelibly marked by the arrival of hundreds of thousands of refugees from Asia minor in the l920;s. In the prose pieces and essays that make up Refugee Capital their story is told, often through the eyes of an adolescent narrator recreated by the writer at the peak of his powers. Yorgos Ioannou sets out to rescue the enduring from the clutches of the ephemeral, to reconcile the irreconcilable, to harmonise the discordant .So he does. And brings an entire city and its inhabitants, to life in all their fractious diversity. paperback. pp. 294. published in Greece 1997. also available in Greek.
Jenkins, Romilly- Dionysius Solomos
Kalvos, Andreas- Odes G English translation by George Dandoulakis of Kalvos' poems.
KALLIGAS Pavlos.Thanos Vlekas. G
Translated from the Greek and with an introduction by Thomas Doulis. published in l855 and considered Greece;s first realistic social novel, Thanos Vlekas is a witty and ambitious portrayal of the problems facing the newly established Greek state after its War of Independence . The story of two opposing brothers, Thanos Vlekas exposes the problems plaguing the nascent nation- brigandage, corruption, bureacrtic inefficiency - with a frankness unusual for the time. paperback. pp.211
KampanellhV, IakwboV- Maoutcaouzen Novel in Greek (also available in English)
Kambanellis, Iakovos- Mauthausen G In the series modern Greek writers in translation. translated from the greek by Gail Holst-Warhaft. Beginning wilth the liberation of Mauthausen concentration camp by the Americans and continuing through the months that follwed before the prisoners were repatriated, Iakovos Kambanellis' Mauthausen tells the story of a remarkable love affiar between two former prisoners. The events of the story are all true but they read like a strange fairy-tale. Kambeamnnelis account is based on the notes he made just after he was liberated. in the twenty years that passed between his experiences and the publishingof his memoir in Greek, he became a mature writer and Greece's best known playwright. Like primo Levi's wrting about his experience in Auschwitz, Kambanellis' Mauthausen is both a literary masterpiece and a testament to the extraordinary resiliance of the human spirit. Its long overdue translation into English makes it accessible to the international audience it deserves. paperback. pp. 360. published in Greece- second printing l997. also available in Greek.
Kavvadias, Nikos- Wireless operator Selected Poems and 3 Short stories G Short stories and poetry translated by Simon Darragh
KAVVADIAS Nikos. First Dog G Translated into english from modern greek by Simon Darragh
KazantzakhV NikoV- Oi AderforfadeV Hardback
Kazantzakis, Nikos- The Fratricides G
KazantzakhV, NikoV- BioV Kai Politeia tou AlexiV ZormpaV
Kazantzakis, Nikos (Kazantzakis) Zorba the Greek G
KazantzakhV, NikoV- Anafora ston Greko
Kazantzakis, Nikos- Report to Greco G
Kazantzakis, Nikos (Kazantzakes) Travels in China and Japan G Hardback
Kazantzakis, Nikos- Travels in Greece- Journey to the Morea G Hardback
KazantzakhV, NikoV- O Kapetan MhcaliV Hardback
Kazantzakis, Nikos Freedom and Death G My favourite of all Kazantzakis' novels.
KazantzakhV NikoV- O ChristoV Xanastauronatai Hardback
Kazantzakis, Nikos- Christ Recrucified G
KazantzakhV, NikoV- O TeleutaioV PeirasmoV Hardback
Kazantzakis, Nikos- The Last Temptation G
KazantzakhV, NikoV (Metaf)- Omhrou- Iliada
Nikos Kazantzakis (Colin Wilson and Howard F. Dossor 2 articles by the named authors on the great man himself. Pamphlet form, but limited edition.
Keeley Edmund. Some wine for Remembrance. "This is a brave, wise and important book. The novel takes place in a Grece occupied by the Nazis in World War 11. Keeley knows Greece, intimately - its language, literature and culture since boyhood and continues to spend part of each year there.. "paperback. pp. 2001. pp.216.
Karnezis, Panos. Little Infamies. These stories are all set in the same nameless Greek village, a world where magic invariably loses out to harsh reality, a world at once universal, funny and compelling. The villagers' lives intersect, as lives do small place, and they all know each other's secrets - all the little infamies. 2003. paperback.
Kondon Y. Absurd Athlete. Modern Greek Poetry. Translated by David Connolly. introduced by David Constantine. Modern Greek poet. Greek on one side. English translation opposite. Well woven poetry, Greek, Athenian. poetry born out of the minuiae of everyday life, artfully conceling life's anguing without denying its joy. Absurd Athlete, Yannis KONDOS s tenth collection of Modern Greek poetry for which he was awarded the coveted state prize for poetry in l998, is a beautfiully balanced work-moving , funny, lyrical, ironic, painful, now made available to a wider readership in Dvid Connolly's superb transaltion . pp. 107.2003. G
KotziaV, AlexandroV- IagouaroV Novel in Greek (available in an English translation "Jaguar")
Kotzias, Alexandros- Jaguar G In the series modern greek writers . translated by H. E. Criton. The author has called the "Jaguar" an extravagant story. He employs an extravagant style to stress the irony of his heroine's attempts to preserve a false image of her moral superiority in the process of promoting selfish ends. The historidal events referred to in Dimitra's account of herself and her family belong the Second World war period. Dimitra, a maths teachers, has been an active member of the leftist resistance movement during the Nazii occupation of Greece and was persecuted as a communist in the civil war period that followed. Year later, she likes to think of herself as an uncompromising individual enaged in a mobile struggle to promote the ideals of a socialist revolution. paperback. pp. 143. publilshd in Greece l991. also available in Greek.
KOTSIS, Gimosoulis. Her Night on Red. G in the series modern greek writers. translated by Philip Ramp. This is a complex story of flight. A woman tearing herself away from a major love affair is driven by the pain of her decision to take a long journey .She leaves the town of Patras, her friends, the bar she worked at, her self as she knew it and hitch-hikes to Epirus in winter, along desered roads, catching rides with the men who drive these roads. eventually she ends ujp in the island of Patmos where the battle to save her life reaches a climax and feeling she is on the verge of losing her soul she rediscovers herself in the form of a sleeping child., Though hounded by failure, fear and silence, she does discover the true grandeur of love and with it a sense of her own self. Her mind and emotions are honed to such an exceptional degree that the pain she suffers becomes the way to self-realisation., Because love, for the strong and the daring, always leads to the most inaccessible and divine parts of our being. paperback. pp. 121. published in Greece l996. also available in Greek.
Koumandareas, Menis- Koula G In the series of Modern Greek writers .translated by Kay Cicellis. A "brief encouter " on the Athenaian underground brings together two people . Koula and Dimitris, from dentirely different backgrounds and ages. For a few weeks they manage to break loose from their respective shackles and meet in a kind of no man's land of passionate discovery. The couple's emotional fluctiuations are charted with remarkable precision and subtlety, in a low key tone that fully capture the muted drama of ther i rmeeting and parting. paperback. pp.78. published in Greece. 1992. also available in Greek.
Kozantzis, Nikos- Gioconda G In the series modern Greek writers in translation. translated into english by the author. A love born during the years of the occupation reaches a peak of intensity. As the two young people grow up, in love, thousands of people are dying of hunger, the innocent are being tortured and patriots executed. Love does not triumph however, but is brought to an end. The Germans begin to round up the Jews, including Gioconda.. A true story of one of the most beautiful but tragic adolescent experiences. paperback. pp.. published in Greece. l997. also available in Greek
Liberaki, Margerita - Three Summers In the series modern Greek writers in translation. Translated by Karen Van Dyck. That summer we bougght big straw hats. Marii's had cheeries around the rim, Infana's had forget- me-nots and mine had poppies as red as fire. When we lay in the hayfield earing them the sky, the wildflowers and the three of us all melted into one. Three summers is the stor of three sisters growing ujp in Greece, their first love, lies and secrets, their shared expriences amd their gradual growing apart. Three summes is a romance with nature, with our planet. It is the declaration of a young girl in love with life itself. paperb ack. pp. 309. published in Greece. 1995. also available in Greek.
Lorenzatos, Zissomos - The Drama of Quality, Selected Essays G "Lorenzatos is generally acknonowledged to be the most important living man of letters in Greece..." Translation into English by Liadain Sherrard
Lyacos, Dimitris- Poenna Damni The First Death Poem translated by Shorsha Sullivan
Lykiard Alexis. Skeleton Alexis Lykiard was born in Athens but his parents moved to Emgland to seek refuge during the Greek Civil war that followed the German occupation of World War two. in this collection of distinctive and unsparing pems he describes this extraordinary, forgotten seam of European history with its aftermath and poisonous legacies. Both acutely personal and historically wide-ranging, the themes of war , civil strife and military dictatorship are intermingled with family secrets, locked doors, betrayals and unquiet ghosts English poetry written with true Greek directness. A provocatie and intimae account of the poet's experiences of the Greek Wars in the l940s and his displacement to England. paperback. 52 pages.G
McGrath, Kevin- Fame Poems by Kevin McGrath, many of which have a Greek theme. In English
Makis,
Eve.Eat drink and be Married.
NOVEL . set in London with a Cypriot background. paperback. pp. 316. 2005
ManinhV, DimhtrhV- H Lagna Fournarissa Novel in Greek
ManiothV, GiorgoV- To Gkazon tou Mpampa Novel in Greek
Maniotis, Giorgos- Two Thrillers G In the series of modern greek writers. Translated by Nicholas KOSTIS. newlyweds arrive at an old hotel where they are to spend their honeymoon. But someone is conspiring against their life and their happiness. Death lies in wait at every turn. The hotel is occupied only by he newlyweds the elderly owners and their stange son. Just how will this all end? Will the newlyweds escape the clutches of the crazed killer and fulfil the rosy expections of their life? A man sentences to life is released from prison and immediately hired as a servant by an extremely rich woman, he settles in her mansion but with misgivings. This enormous placed is haunted by shadows and ghosts, mystery and threat. Two opposing worlds are poised on the verge of all-out conflict. In the end who will be the victimizer and who the victim?. paperback. p. 124. published in Greece l996. also available in Greek.
MarkakhV, MinwV- Tamam Novel in Greek
Markaris, Petros. THE LATE NIGHT NEWS. The first in a new series set in Greece and centred around the grumpy but irresistible figure of Inspector Costas Haritos. Called to investigate the murder of a celebrated TV journalist, he finds himself sucked ever deeper into the grubby world of the Greek media. paperback. pp.295. 2004. Translated from the Greek by David Connolly. Also available in Greek.
Marquez, Gabriel Garcia- Dwdeka Dihghmata
Periplan Wmena
12 Short stories from the pen of Gabriel Garcia Marquez translated form Spanish into Greek.
MatzouranhV, GiorgoV- Opou ki an eimai XenoV Novel in Greek
Megalou-Seferiadi - The Joy is in the Journey In the series modern greek writers. Translated by Maria Teresa Von Hildebrand. This "healing" book plunges the reader in a world full of sea, colours, light and cool breeze that portray the many facets of greek life .,, and at the same time gives simple, everyday, apparently unimportant facts their real value "Whoever derives pleasure from small things always winds the lottery in life" says the aged heroine who, born in the midst o the Smyrna disaster of l922, was rescued from the flames and brought to live in one of the Aegean islands where she found a second home and a loving family As she spins out for us the difficulties she has had to face in her ife, she initate us to the most difficult ar of all, the art of living. A precious initiation in our times of strees and alienation paperback. pp. 334. published in Greecde 2001. also available in Greek.
Milionis, Christoforos- Kalamas and Acheron G In the series modern greek writers, two stories, closely connected, which can be read as a novel, where the two rivers become the boundaryn ot only between life and death, but also between utopia and realilty, love and violence, joy and misery, past and present, nostalgia and revulsion, memory and fantasy. And finally, a boundary like a taut rope on which human fate teeters in the balance. Kalamas and Acheron is also the book that, when it was first published in l985, won the First State Award.. paperback.p,p.165. published in Greece l966. also available in Greek.
Miller, Henry- The Colossus of Maroussi
| I am not a great fan of Henry Miller, but this is a superb memoir of his meetings with Kitsimbalis (the collosus of the title), Seferis, Durrell etc and is a very worth piece of literature. SJ |
Mhtropoulou, KosoulaV- To Palaiopoleio sthn Tsimiskh Novel also available in English as "The Old Curiosity Shop"
Mitropoulou, Cosoula- The Old Curiosity Shop G In the series of modern Greek writers. translated by Elly Petrides. A story of the pasion between a man of fifty "plus" and a girl of nineteen, a seeminlynot unusual situation were it not for the fact that everything that takes place between the two "protagonists" is constantly and faithfully recorded by someone. the mature "grey" woman who is in the man's past and who chronicles the lovers' passion with adoration and respect. The place is Salonica. Daring, harsh rough and at the same time intensely erotic, Costoula AMitrropoulou's book is yet another deep incision into the eternal problem of human relations and of the Passion that ends only with our own end. paperback. pp. 81. published in Greece. 1966.. also available in Greek.
Mourselas, Kostas Red Dyed Hair G In the series modern Greek writers. Translated by Fred A.Reed. Spanning four decades of contemporary Greek life as seen from the bottomof the barrel, the novel is an inspired mixture of social satire and political l history, a compendium of the bizarre , the erotic, the banal and the unberearable - peopled by a crazed yet touching cross-section of social rejects and climbers, betrayed leftists and police informers, of con-men become businessmen, of whores and bouzouki singers , pimps and greengrocers. In scene embedded within scene Red Dyed Hair spins a tale of social and personal cowardice and treachery against a distant backdrop of a generation that "kocked on the wrong doors, slept in the wrong beds, loved the wrong people, made the wrong choices". Red Dyed hair is a hall of ever-receding, endlessly distorting a warped (as only art can warp) reflections of he chambers of horrors - the whorehouse - called life. Heraclitan in its flux, self-contained, inconclusive, incisive Red Dyed Hair is like life, vivid, painful, infinitely various and unpredictable. paperback., pp 423. published in Greece 2nd reprint. l997.
Muribilh, Strath- H Zwh en Tafw
Myrivilis, Stratis- Life in the Tomb Magnificent translation by Peter Bien of this epic first world war novel G £5.99
Muribilh, Strath- H Daskala me ta Chrusa Matia
Myravilis, Stratos; The Schoolmistress with the Golden Eyes. G Second part of Myravillis' trilogy, set on the Greek island of Corfu and translated by Philip Sherrard
Muribilh, Strati- E Panagia h Gorgona Third part of Myravillis' Lesbos trilogy (also available in English as "The Mermaid Madonna)
Myrivilis, Stratis- The Mermaid Madonna G Final part of Myrivilis' Trilogy , set on the Greek island of Lesvos and translated by Abbott Rick
MuribilhV, StrathV- To Prasino Biblio
MuribilhV, StrathV- O BasilhV O ArbanitiV
NikolaidhV, AristotelhV: H Exafanish Novel in Greek (also available in English as "The 7th Elephant
Nikolaidis, Aristotle - Vanishing Point In the series modern greek writers . translated by John LEATHAM. In this story Aristotelis Nikolaidis, psychiatrist and profilic novelist and poet, relates how a certain individual slowly vanishes from view, a process that becomes stangley contagious. Starting with the narrator , who has doubts about his own identity and even the reality of his thoughts and memories ,.the contagion spreads to other characters and to the narration itself. The hero's odyssey is a descent into hell in which reality becomes a snare trapping the wanderer in a state of absolute clandestinty, finally it reaches the very frontiers of paranoia to reflect starkly all the incoherence and derisiveness of the late twentieth centuruy. The Greek version of this novel, first published in 1975 is now in its fourth edition. iln l976 the work received Greece's first National book award for a novel. paparbck. pp. 304. published in Greece. 1995. also available in Greek.
Palama, Kwsth- QanatoV Pallhkariou Hardback
Panselinos, Alexis- Betsy Lost G In the series modern Greek writers. translated by Caroline Harbouri. What happens when three young lawyers set off at night into unknown parts of town in search of a stolen motorcycle? What happens when Minas visits a gay bar together with his uncle, the general - no stranger to the place it seems - or ends up in bed with Gia? When Petros , enjoying an evening away from his wife and kids., finds himself in the company of Soulis , handsome bike thief and another catamite? Or when poor Stelios is strapped to a lie dectator cum personality analyser at the American base? And what about the adventures of the pack of stay dogs roaming around the town that same night, watching the transvestites, settlilng scores with the white cat Gabriel, seeing their old teacher off on his way to the other world? Alexis Panselinos tells us all this and more in a story which is sometimes surreal always tender, subtle, sad and extremely funny.paperback. pp 128. published in Greece 1996. also available in Greek.
Papadiamantis Alex.Tales from a Greek island. G Translated from the Greek.Set on the author's native Aegean island of Skiathos, these twelve stories capture the folkways of Greece. With acute observation of daily activities and loving descriptions of land and sea, Papadiamantis portrays the beauty and harshness of traditional island life. His prose captivates a reader with its rich combination of realism and symbolism, sensuality and mysticism, insularity and universality. Written near the turn of the century, these works speak today in ways both remarkable and familiar. Author Biography: Alexandros Papadiamantis (1851-1911) was the author of four novels and about one hundred seventy short stories and sketches. Elizabeth Constandinides was coordinator of the Program in Modern Greek Language and Literature at Queens College of the City of New York. paperback.1987. pp.175
Papatsonis Takis. Ursa minor and other poems Translated from the modern greek with an introduction by Kimon Friar and Kostas Myrsiades. Stylistically papatsonis's mature poetry is characterized by its failure to use a strict verse form, its discontinuous and dreamlike combinatinionof images, and its highly personal quality. It is a poetry which intends to elecit meaning rather than to lend itself to pyrotechnical effects.it utilizes patterns of rhythms and sounds to make meaning more emphataic. hardback. nostos.1985 pp.125.
GParnis, Alexis- The Proof Reader Novel translated into English by Thomas Hatton and Byron Raizis G
Pavlopoulos, George- The Cellar Poem translated into English with an introduction by Peter Levi G
Peddle, S and V The Moon Maiden BOOK ONE OF THE "BULLDANCER'S TRILOGY". A novel set in Bronze Age Crete. Monica Williams has written a review of this book which can be found here.
Pentzikis, Nikos Gabriel- Mother Thessaloniki G In the series modern Greek writers in translation. translated by Leo Marshall. A nice book this about the mother city. It consists of pieces written by Nikos Pentzikis most modern of Greek writers, most distinctly Greek. Pentzikis assembles his pieces so that, beginning in alienation, with the recalcitrance and transience of things, the casual cruelties of space and time , they reach out, through the luminous Orthodox immanences of the past, the reverberations of historial memory, towards an inclusive density of present experience. And the wonder lies, the beauty, in the way that we sense, looming in the endlessly modulating density of style, the Orthodox presence of the city. paperb ack. pp. 144. published in Greece in l998. also available in Greek.
Petropoulos, Elias and Emery, Ed (trans.). Songs of the Greek
Underworld G
PlaskobithV, SpuroV- E Kuria ths BitrinaV
Plaskovitis, Spyros- The Facade Lady of Corfu G In the series of modern Greek writers. translated by Amy Mimms. In his brilliantly constructed novel, Spyros Plaskovitis counterpoints his enigmatic heroine - Anghlina Dassiou - against the touristic "Development" (Or Destruction?) of most greek islands today. Anghelina, although forced by circumstances to work as a sales-lady in a deluxe tourist hotel, still personifies nostalgia for the traditional couleur locale of Crofu - particularly the old Venetian town. The personal stories of the protagonists are clearly interwoven with the story of present-day Greeces's struggle to preserve her age-old identity. paperback. pp. 320. 2nd reprintg. 1997. publlished in Greece. also available in Greek.
Poliths, K - Stou Hatzhfragkou Currently on the A. Level SyllabusRaptopoulos, Vangelis - The Cicadas G In the series modern Greek writers. Translated by Fred A. Reed.. Novel. They're the gang that can't shoot straight. tough-guy wannabes straight out of a Greek-subtitlted version of Thieves like us. - down-market motorcycle punks (no Hell's angels these) dead-end kids from the urban depths with foulmouthed girlfriends and parents as remote as prosperity. Innocents with attitude. Life, suggest The Cicadas, is as tough, nasty and indifferent as a B thriller. Vangelis Raptopoulos characters sketched with sure-handed empathy, and with a knife edged ear for the hard humour of the street, throb with the fervid intensity of cicadas buzzing in the noonday heat. Nothing in their voice intimated how soon they will die. paperback. pp. 172. published in Greece1996. also available in Greek
Yiannis Ritsos. Iconostasis of Anonymous Saints; three volumes:
Ritsos, Yannis- Iconostasis of Anonymous Saints, Part One G In the series of modern Greek writers. translated by Amy MIMMS. novel. 3 vols.Book 1.. The work of Ritsos ,is it a novel with an emphatic question-mark added by the poet himself. ? Is it ia roman fleuve in the sense of Proust's Remembrance of Things Past? is it a wild prose-poetic fling in a "sarcastic climate"?or is it an autobiography of Greece's most human poet, whom Aragon hailed as the "greatest poet of his time"? And what about the strange title? How are the estab lished Orthodox saints, traditionally decorating the panels near the altar, how are they replaced by annoymous human beings? everyday people from Ritsos' neighbourhood. members of his large family and simple inhabitants of Monemvasia; unassuming fellow-prisoners on exile islands and a closely-knit band of friends. All these "anonymities" are skilfully counterpointed with the hero- Ion and - Ariostos- and woven into a fascinating tapestry of remininscenes and reflections , vivid memories from childhood and adolescence, speculations on Greece's recent history, confessions bordering on psycho-analytical introspection, and occasionally, surrealistic dreams. Ritsos' Iconostasis is embellished with an almost Joycean richness of words, including outrageous puns, unprecedented, through ineffably "poetic" erotica and miraculous flights of language. in the other two volumes, Ritsos adds the finishing touches to his fast mosaic bringing his visionary cycle full circle. paperack. pp. 362. published in Greece.2nd reprint l998. also available in Greek.
Ritsos, Yannis- Iconostasis of Anonymous Saints, Part Two G In the series of modern Greek writers. novel. Translated by Amy MIMMS. Part 2of 3. The work of Ritsos ,is it a novel with an emphatic question-mark added by the poet himself. ? Is it ia roman fleuve in the sense of Proust's Remembrance of Things Past? is it a wild prose-poetic fling in a "sarcastic climate"?or is it an autobiography of Greece's most human poet, whom Aragon hailed as the "greatest poet of his time"? And what about the strange title? How are the estab lished Orthodox saints, traditionally decorating the panels near the altar, how are they replaced by annoymous human beings? everyday people from Ritsos' neighbourhood. members of his large family and simple inhabitants of Monemvasia; unassuming fellow-prisoners on exile islands and a closely-knit band of friends. All these "anonymities" are skilfully counterpointed with the hero- Ion and - Ariostos- and woven into a fascinating tapestry of remininscenes and reflections , vivid memories from childhood and adolescence, speculations on Greece's recent history, confessions bordering on psycho-analytical introspection, and occasionally, surrealistic dreams. Ritsos' Iconostasis is embellished with an almost Joycean richness of words, including outrageous puns, unprecedented, through ineffably "poetic" erotica and miraculous flights of language. in the other two volumes, Ritsos adds the finishing touches to his fast mosaic bringing his visionary cycle full circle. paperack. pp. 324. published in Greece.l999. also available in Greek.
Ritsos, Yannis- Iconostasis of Anonymous Saints, Part Three G In the series of modern Greek Writers. Translated from the Greek by Amy Mimms. novel. part 3 of three books. . The work of Ritsos ,is it a novel with an emphatic question-mark added by the poet himself. ? Is it ia roman fleuve in the sense of Proust's Remembrance of Things Past? is it a wild prose-poetic fling in a "sarcastic climate"?or is it an autobiography of Greece's most human poet, whom Aragon hailed as the "greatest poet of his time"? And what about the strange title? How are the estab lished Orthodox saints, traditionally decorating the panels near the altar, how are they replaced by annoymous human beings? everyday people from Ritsos' neighbourhood. members of his large family and simple inhabitants of Monemvasia; unassuming fellow-prisoners on exile islands and a closely-knit band of friends. All these "anonymities" are skilfully counterpointed with the hero- Ion and - Ariostos- and woven into a fascinating tapestry of remininscenes and reflections , vivid memories from childhood and adolescence, speculations on Greece's recent history, confessions bordering on psycho-analytical introspection, and occasionally, surrealistic dreams. Ritsos' Iconostasis is embellished with an almost Joycean richness of words, including outrageous puns, unprecedented, through ineffably "poetic" erotica and miraculous flights of language. in the other two volumes, Ritsos adds the finishing touches to his fast mosaic bringing his visionary cycle full circle. paperack. pp. 245. . published in Greece in 2001. also available in Greek.
RITSOS YIANNIS. . SELECTED POEMS (1935-1989) A voice of Resilience and hope in a world of turmoil and suffering. G Yiannis Ritsos has long been recognised as one of the most profilic writers of contemporary Greece and as one of Europe's most important poets of the twentieth century. In his seventy years of active life as poet, he produced works that continue to amaze his reader with the diversity of form, style subject matter and technique he employs in his verses..In many of his poems be they personal , political or historical in context Ritsos shows a profound concern for freedom, social justice and human love. The poems selected for translation and inclusion in the present volume focus not only on the individual's struggle to maintain his dignity in a world of social and phychologicall turmoil, but also, and more importantly perhaps, on his hope and belief that freedom, justice and love wil prevail. They are the poet's personal staements of love , patience, friendship and social justice with universal significance. papaperback. translated with an introduction by George Pilitsis. pp. 420. parallel text.
Ritsos, Yannis- The Fourth Dimension G
Rosen, Billi A Swallow in Winter Kids book, set during Civil War Greece
SamarakhV, A- H Kontra Currently on the A. Level Syllabus
Seferiadh, Lia Megalou, - O DromoV einai h Cara
Seferiadi, Lia Megalou- The Joy is in the Journey G "This healing book plunges the reader into a world of sea, colours, light and cool breeze that portray the many facets of Greek life..." it say's hear. Translation into English of the book, above.
Seferis George- Complete Poems
G
| Translation of the Nobel prize winner's poems by Philip Sherrard and Edmund Keeley. Unfortunately, now only available in English and not parallel text as it used to be. |
George Seferis. Waiting for the Angel. a Biography by Roderick Beaton. Poet, essayist, diarist, novelist, and diplomat, George Seferis brought about a revolution in the way people viewed his native Greece. Acclaimed for his thought-provoking lyric poetry, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1963. At the same time, he rose in the diplomatic corps to the position of Ambassador to Britain. This elegantly written book - the first full biography of Seferis - provides insights into his work, life, and country. Roderick Beaton, an acknowledged authority on modern Greek literature and culture, draws on previously unknown sources to tell Seferis's story. He describes how Seferis occupied key diplomatic positions during periods of historic crisis before, during, and after World War II. He explores Seferis's service as Ambassador to London at a time when Greece and Great Britain were disputing the future of Cyprus, noting that some of Seferis's finest poetry was written about that troubled island. He analyses Seferis's literary production and his impact on Lawrence Durrell, Henry Miller, and other British and American writers. Exploring the interplay between poet and diplomat, public and private, and poetry and politics in Seferis's life and career, this book will fascinate anyone interested in twentieth-century Greek literature, culture, or history. hard back. pp. 508. pub. 2003.
George Seferis.; The Strong Wind from the East. Markos Madias. G George Seferis. The Strong wind from the East is an essay on Eastern religions and ideas and how they influenced the nobel prize winner, Greek poet, George Seferis It is a close comparison of Seferis‘s work in order to discover the source of his Eastern ideas. How was he searching for the balance of matter and spirit how an all-embracing and spontaneous love develops and why we are in quest for an equilibrium between the opposites, how the self evolves and why we seek self-effacement, what is the role of nature and of silence, or of the void, and in what way enlightenment, salvation, nirvana, and redemption , are attained. An how the moment of vision influenced Seferis'work. paperback. 2002. 190 pp.
Sfakianakis, Aris- The Emptiness Beyond G In the series modern greek writers in translation.tranlated by Caroline HARBOURI. two friends trapped in adolescence. Their first encounter with Woman and the supernatural. Constant reassessment of values and a heroine from out of Lewis Carroll. Arrangements to meet at night at her parents' house. Reading Albert Camus and caviar-parties for four. The Dawn Spirits and fthe fugitive abbot. An apparation from Hell. The golden decade of the l979s and the nymphomaniac chimera. long live virgins! in other words, a very tender love story or, The emptiness beyond. paperback. pp.161. published in Greece . l996. also available in greek.
Dionysius Solomos, A Biography by Romilly Jenkins
Soteriou, Dido - Farewell Anatolia Welcome reprint of this modern day classic In the series of modern Greek writers. Translated by Fred A.. Reed. Farwell Anatolia is a tale of paradise lost and of shattered innocence; a tragic fresco of the fall of hellenism in Asia Minor; a stinging indictment of Great power politics, of-lust and corruption. Dido Sotiriou's novel a perennial best seller in Greece since it first appeared in l962 - tells the story of Manolis Axiotis, a poor but resourceful villager born near the ancient ruins of ~Ephesus. Axiotis is a fictional protagonist and eyewitness to an authentic nightmare; Greece's Asia Minor Catastrophe the death or explusion of two million Greeks from turkey by Kemal Attaturk's revolutionary forces in the late summer of l922. Mamanols Axiotis' chronicle of personal fortitude, betrayed hope, and defeat resonates with the greater tragedy of two nations.. Greece. vanished and humilated. Turkey, bloodily victorious. Two nighbours linked bonds of culture and history yet diminished by mutual greed, cruelty and bloodshed. paperback. p.p. 310. published
