Maira Papathanasopulu- O Ioυδας φιλoυσε υπερoχα

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Category: Literature

Published on Thursday, 06 August 2015 16:26

If you seek an entertaining and juicy story for a lazy, summer evening, we have a perfect novel for you and you will not be disappointed:

“O Ioυδας φιλoυσε υπερoχα” – in English “Judas was kissing amazing” -is a bestseller chick-flick novel full of irony about the woman who shows her sense of humor and self-distance while facing their problems and life dilemmas.

Instead of getting depressed after divorcing, Eleni decides to make a positive change in her 35 year’s life. She is changing her hairstyle and buying appealing clothes. She starts to live with her own life and improves her relationship with her son. Also a new boyfriend appears! As it usually happens, suddenly the things become complicated and an unexpected plot twist forces Eleni to take hard decisions. Is she able to take a right choice without losing herself?

Maira Papathansopulu, one of the most popular Greek authors, was born in 1967. She studied Germanic philology in Athens. Besides working as a language translator, she writes books. This novel was her debut- it was translated from Greek to French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Finish, Turkish, Hebrew and Polish. The amount of sold books reached over 300 thousands of hard copies. The book was also the inspiration for one of the most popular Greek TV-shows.

The story is worth to see also because of the Greek culture which you can feel from the first page to the last one. You can learn about the Greek side of life from a not touristic point of view. On the other hand the book is well-written that every single European woman can associate with the main character.

Despite of the fact that this book was released 15 years ago, the plot is still topical. The writing style is witty and makes the story gripping.

So do not hesitate to fall in love with this Greek novel.