Achilles' Fiancee
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- Category: Literature
- Published on Wednesday, 05 October 2016 17:12
The book I will talk about is “Achilles Fiancee” of Alki Zei, in Greek “Η αρραβωνιαστικια του Αχιλλεα”.
The main scene of the plot is Paris, accompanied by flashbacks in the years after the military coup in Greece in the year 1967.
In Paris the protagonist, Eleni works as an extra in a film production of the “Horror Train”. There the screams of the actors and the director bring her back in time, when she was a political fellow, when she was a part of the guerrilla.
Something Will Happen You'll See
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- Category: Literature
- Published on Friday, 19 August 2016 09:30
This week I will speak about one Greek writer and his book.
Christos Ikonomou was born in Athens in 1970, His passion developed around ten eleven years old, when he started writing a diary and then continued reading many books, which became part of him and his world.
The Flaw
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- Category: Literature
- Published on Friday, 05 August 2016 15:11
Antonis Samarakis was a contemporary Greek writer of the postwar generation. His work is characterized by its humanism, its commitment against the danger of totalitarianism and reflection on the alienation of human beings in the modern world.
Starcrossed
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- Category: Literature
- Published on Wednesday, 27 July 2016 09:17
If you are interested in the Greek Mythology and you want to find something new about it wrapped in a youth story, Starcrossed may be the right choice for you. The book is about the new life of the young protagonist Helen, after she finds out that she was a demigoddess from the Greek Mythology and her love to one of her natural enemies.
Secrets of the Swamp
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- Published on Thursday, 14 July 2016 05:45
Greeks and Bulgarians soldiers struggle to get from the swamp, to secure for themselves a base to control the villages and to fight a common enemy: the Turkish occupation.
Written by Penelope Delta in 1937, this book represents one of the most dramatic chapters of Modern Greek history.
North of Ithaka
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- Published on Thursday, 02 June 2016 14:23
If you like autobiographical books with a mix of adventure and mistery, “North of Ithaka” is made especially for you! The famous writer Eleni Gage returns to find out her roots and the family's tragic history......
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