Angelos Terzakis: Ταξίδι με τον Έσπερο [Travelling with Hesperus]
The latest addition to my website is Angelos Terzakis' Ταξίδι με τον Έσπερο [Travelling with Hesperus]. It tells the story of Glaukos, a sixteen year old rGreek boy who has…
Amanda Michalopoulou: Η γυναίκα του Θεού (God’s Wife)
The latest addition to my website is Amanda Michalopoulou's Η γυναίκα του Θεού (God’s Wife). This is, indeed, the story of a fairly ordinary young woman (aged seventeen) who marries…
Ersi Sotiropoulos: Τι μενει απο τη νυχτα (What’s Left of the Night)
The latest addition to my website is Ersi Sotiropoulos' Τι μενει απο τη νυχτα (What’s Left of the Night). The novel tells of three days in June 1897 spent by…
Aftermath
I recently attended an exhibition at Tate Britain called Aftermath, exploring the impact of World War One on British, German and French art. I have long been fascinated by this…
Andreas Embirikos: Ἄργώ ἤ Πλούς Αεροστάτου (Argo or Aerostat Flight)
The latest addition to my website is Andreas Embirikos' Ἄργώ ἤ Πλούς Αεροστάτου (Argo or Aerostat Flight). Embirikos was a Greek poet who also wrote some prose, including this story.…
George Seferis: Έξι νύχτες στην Ακρόπολη (Six Nights on the Acropolis)
The latest addition to my website is George Seferis' Έξι νύχτες στην Ακρόπολη (Six Nights on the Acropolis). Seferis won the Nobel Prize for his poetry. This was his only…
Stratis Tsirkas: Ακυβέρνητες Πολιτείες (Drifting Cities)
The latest addition to my website is Stratis Tsirkas' Ακυβέρνητες Πολιτείες (Drifting Cities. This is a trilogy of novels, often compared to The Alexandria Quartet. Like that book, it takes…
Menis Koumandareas
Sadly, I have relatively few Greek writers on my site though I do have a few novels written by Greeks in my library and on my list. One of these…