ISBN: 960040481X
Godina izdanja: 1991
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Maro Douka - Fool`s Gold (Modern Greek writers)
Kedros, 1991
317 str.
meki povez
stanje: dobro, posveta na predlistu.

Roderick Beaton (Translator)

Myrsini Panayotou, an Athenian girl about to start university, learns of the coup d`etat that brought to power the infamous dictatorship of the `Colonels` in her country in the early hours of Friday, 21st April 1967. The child of a well-to-do family, Myrsini enthusiastically joins the underground resistance, making common cause with a varied cast of characters from backgrounds very different from her own. After an early failed love affair she gets engaged to George, a political prisoner, only to find her human instincts increasingly difficult to reconcile with her idealistic philosophy once he is released. The story moves towards its climax as Myrsini becomes involved in the bloody events of 17th November 1973, when tanks were used to evict students from the Athens Polytechnic. At the same time the fortunes of Myrsini`s family form a backdrop at once touching and bizarre to an impressionable girl`s unflinching search for a true identity, both for herself and for her country.

Maro Douka is one of the most important writers of the modern greek literature. She was born in 1947 in the city of Chania. In 1966, she moved in Athens where she still lives. Many of her works have been translated into other languages worlwide.


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