THE BOUNDLESS GARDEN SELECTED SHORT STORIES

Εκδότης: DENISE HARVEY
Συγγραφέας: ΠΑΠΑΔΙΑΜΑΝΤΗΣ, ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΣ,
Isbn: 9789607120236
Διαστάσεις: 240Χ150Χ0
Αριθμός σελίδων: 335
Ημερομηνία έκδοσης: 31/10/2007
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Περιγραφη

Alexandros Papadiamandis (1851-1911) lived in the midst of an uncertain age of transition for modern Greece. It was a period of post-Enlightenment turmoil that followed closely on the heels of Greece's War of Independence, when the traditional old ways were being undermined and were fast disappearing under the pressure of the indiscriminate adoption of western mores and ideas. His reflections on and observations of some of the most complex facets of Greek life in both his native island of Skiathos and in urban Athens during this time define the modern Greek experience in a way unattained by any of his now forgotten contemporaries. His loving attachment to the old traditional ways have marked him out for some as conservative, even reactionary, but it was an attachment tempered with an innate and deep understanding of how the past breathes life into the present, an understanding which is as relevant in our times as it was in his. The stories presented in this selection encompass the main and universal themes