Tales from a Greek Island - Rilegato

Papadiamantis, Alexandros; Constantinides, Elizabeth

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ISBN 10: 0801833337 ISBN 13: 9780801833335

Casa editrice: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, 1987

Riassunto

Twelve stories depict the folkways of Greece and the banal and mythic qualities of island life

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Recensione:

"The 'saint' of modern Greek letters,... Papadiamantis wrote with graphic realism and unequalled passion about the extreme hardships of the day, the ravages of tuberculosis and alcoholism, the plight of women abandoned by their husbands and sons. Other stories, more personal in tone, have a quality of reverie." -- Times Literary Supplement

"Steeped in Greek history, quick with Biblical allusions, poised with a commendable knowledge of local superstition, Papadiamantis transports us to the ambience of the golden moment, a lyrical fairyland, the mythos of Greece past. Or so it seems at the outset, and how deceiving are appearances, because what is really happening beneath the illusion of pastoral dalliance belies the relaxed, nostalgic mood." -- Studies in Short Fiction

"Papadiamantis shines in this slim important new collection." -- Athenian

"Papadiamantis has created a mythical world where everyone has a natural place and where it is that place, and not individual choice, that creates the shape each life eventually takes. What is amazing is that this world proves convincing... Elizabeth Constantinides deserves both admiration and praise." -- Philadelphia Inquirer

L'autore:

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.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0801833337
• ISBN 13: 9780801833335
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 200