First published in 1978, this novel, celebrated in Greece as a great modern work, is about a biographer writing a book about the eponymous Glafkos Thrassakis, a Greek writer--a book commissioned by Thrassakis's ex-lover, a Danish countess. As he embarks on his research, the biographer finds that everything known about Thrassakis's life is a ...
"By turns moving and scathingly satirical . . . Vassilikos has been so rarely translated into English; one can only hope this complex, multilayered novel will change that."-Mary Park, "The New York Times Book Review" A brilliant work of the imagination as well as an inspiring commentary on writing, the story follows a biographer's investigation ...
In this collection of stories, Greece's most acclaimed living novelist gives us a vivid and complex portrait of contemporary Europe and contemporary Europeans. Here are seven tales that tell, sometimes whimsically and sometimes bitterly, of the old world facing new dilemmas, of grandchildren and grandfathers.
Edition: Edition Unstated
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Folio
Date Published: 1972
Description: Fair. As issued No Jacket. Spine lean, corner bumps, handling creases to the covers, pages age toned, dampstaining to the upper right corner of almost all of the pages(for the most part remaining in the margins), and other moderate to heavy shopwear. Text in French. Reading copy only. read more
Description: Fine. Dust Jacket Included. Translated by Marilyn Calmann. This is a tight, fine book in a bright DJ with slight wear at the spinal extremities else fine. read more
Description: London, Macdonald, (1969). Reprint. Boards, fore-edge and fly sl. marked else fine in rubbed and edgeworn d/w, pp. 406. First British edition. Novel based on the assassination of socialist Deputy Gregory Lambrakis in Salonika. Banned in Greece shortly after publication. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Knopf
Date Published: 1964-01-01
Description: Good. Ex-lib, normal marks. dj good. text clean, binding good. Hardcover. Ships within one business day with delivery confirmation. read more
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