Women

Margarita Karapanou: Ο υπνοβάτης (The Sleepwalker)

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The latest addition to my website is Margarita Karapanou‘s Ο υπνοβάτης (The Sleepwalker). The novel starts with God clearly unhappy with his creation so he vomits on Maniolis to create a handsome God, since all they worshipped was beauty. We now move to a Greek island, clearly based on Hydra which is full of dissolute … Read more

Margarita Liberaki:Τα Ψάθινα Καπέλα (Three Summers)

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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

Alki Zei: Η αρραβωνιαστικιά του Αχιλλέα (Achilles’ Fiancée

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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

Zyranna ZateliZyranna Zateli:Και με το φως του λύκου επανέρχοντα ( ( At Twilight They Return)

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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

Mariama Bâ:Un chant écarlate (Scarlet Song)

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The latest addition to my website is Mariama Bâ‘s Un chant écarlate (Scarlet Song). Ousmane Gueye, a young Senegalese falls for a white French girl, Mireille, daughter of a French diplomat at school. They both go to the same Senegalese university and continue their relationship. However, when her parents find out, she is immediately sent … Read more

Xita Rubert: Los hechos de Key Biscayne [The Facts About Key Biscayne]

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The latest addition to my website is Xita Rubert:‘s Los hechos de Key Biscayne [The Facts About Key Biscayne]. The novel is narrated by a twelve year old Spanish girl. Her parents are separated and she and her brother Nico are living with their decidedly absent-minded professor father in Boston. In the middle of the … Read more

Mariama Bâ: Une si longue lettre (So Long a Letter)

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The latest addition to my website is ariama Bâ‘s Une si longue lettre (So Long a Letter). Ramatoulaye Fall is writing to her friend Aissatou. Ramatoulaye’s husband of many years, Modou, (they have twelve children) had taken a second wife, who is a schoolfriend of his daughter. She is, of course devastated but, unlike Aissatou, … Read more