The latest addition to my website ‘s is Margarita LiberakiΤα Ψάθινα Καπέλα (Three Summers). Unlike most of the Greek novels I have read, this one does not get into 20th century Greek history and politics but is a primarily cheerful tale. It tells the tale of three sisters living with their divorced mother, aunt and … Read more
The latest addition to my website is Alexis Stamatis‘ :Μπαρ Φλωμπέρ (Bar Flaubert). Our hero is Yannis Loukas. His father is a famous novelist but he, while publishing stories, is now, almost forty, in a rut, both professionally and romatically. While helping his father with his autobiography he comes across a manuscript written by one … Read more
The latest addition to my website is Antonis Samarakis: Το λάθος (The Flaw). In an unamed country a man is arrested by the National Security Department for being part of a group opposed to the Regime. They are to drive him to Central in the capital where he will be interrogated. However the NSD has … Read more
The latest addition to my website is >Alki Zei‘s> Η αρραβωνιαστικιά του Αχιλλέα (Achilles’ Fiancée. Eleni, née Daphne is involved in the various left-wing movements opposed to the German occupiers, the British and Americans, the royalists and the Junta. When sixteen she meets one of the leaders, code name Achilles and they become close. As … Read more
The latest addition to my website is Vassilis Vassilikos‘ Γλαύκος Θρασάκης (The Few Things I Know about Glafkos Thrassakis). Our unnamed narrator is writing a biography about painter and author Glafkos Thrassakis. Thrassakis is now deceased, allegedly eaten by New Guinean cannibals, though that fact, like many others in this book may well be wildly … Read more
The latest addition to my website isAris Alexandrou‘s Το Κιβώτιο (Mission Box). A prisoner is writing down for an absent interrogator his account of an expedition taking a sealed metal box from N to K. This is during the Greek Civil War and our hero is on the side of the Leninist communists. The mission … Read more
The latest addition to my website is Nikos Bakolas‘ Η Μεγάλη Πλατεία (Crossroads). This long novel is set primarily in Thessaloniki between the late 1920s and 1949, a turbulent period in Greek history. We initially follow four main characters – a not very successful journalist, a sailor, a refugee who lost her parents when fleeing … Read more
The latest addition to my website is ZateliZyranna Zateli‘s Και με το φως του λύκου επανέρχοντα ( ( At Twilight They Return). The novel is set in a remote part of Greece in the late nineteenth century. We follow a (very) extended family with patriarch Christoforos marrying three times, having several children but also marrying … Read more
The latest addition to my website is Stratis Myrivilis‘ εν τάφω (Life in the Tomb). The book is based on Myrtilis’ own experiences iand is the journal rescued from a dead soldier involved in Battle of Monastir during World War I. He is writing to his beloved (letters are censored) and spares us none of … Read more
The latest addition to my website is Costas Taktsis‘ ‘ Το τρίτο στεφάνι (The Third Wedding). This was Taktsis’ only novel and what fun he must have had writing it. We follow two Greek women – Nina and Hecuba. Nina has a permanent feud with her adult daughter. On her wedding night to her first … Read more