Eleni - Rilegato

Gage, Nicholas

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0394520939 ISBN 13: 9780394520933

Casa editrice: Random House Inc, 1983

Riassunto

Eight years old when his mother arranged her children's escape from civil war-torn Greece and was tortured and murdered by Communist guerrillas, the author reconstructs Eleni's life and recounts his confrontation with her executioner

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Recensione:

"A Story Assigned By Fate...Minutely Observed And Eloquently Rendered."

-- The New York Times Book Review
"A Remarkable Work Of 'Faction'...I can think of no higher praise of this book than to say that it is fit to stand as a monument to Eleni Gatzoyiannis."

-- The New Republic

"Remarkable...Brilliant... Unique...Eleni lives through this book. Her son has done her justice."

-- USA Today
From the Trade Paperback edition.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

ted and brilliant achievement." The New York Review of Books

In 1948, as civil war ravaged Greece, children were abducted and sent to communist "camps" behind the Iron Curtain. Eleni Gatzoyiannis, 41, defied the traditions of her small village and the terror of the communist insurgents to arrange for the escape of her three daughters and her son, Nicola. For that act, she was imprisoned, tortured, and executed in cold blood. Nicholas Gage joined his father in Massachusetts at the age of nine and grew up to be a top investigative reporter for the New York Times. And finally he returned to Greece to uncover the story he cared about most -- the story of his mother's heroic life and tragic death.
From the Paperback edition.

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• Editore: Random House Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0394520939
• ISBN 13: 9780394520933
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 470