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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
great book,
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This review is from: Zigzag Through the Bitter-Orange Trees (Hardcover)
I recommend this novel to all readers, not just to other Greeks. It is a "small" story. Lia is dying and complains to her brother Sid about the nurse Sotiris. Their lives intersect with the orphan Julia, the journal-writer Nina, and a talking mynah bird. The language is quite poetic, and the stories are funny as well as sad. The characters live lonely disconnected lives, but the writer treats them with great dignity. Most Greek books immerse the reader in "Greekness" (food, custom, language, etc.). Although you'll find plenty of ouzo and kalimaria in this book, it focuses on the thoughts of the people. Even so, it made me want to go to Athens, because that is where these people live. Also, I think this book sheds new light upon the relationship between modern secular Athens, where most people live, and the villages where the people have roots and family. I found a You Tube video of the writer reading some of her work. This is a modern Greek writer, working at a world class level, and I encourage support for the work
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Zigzag Through the Bitter-Orange Trees by Peter Green (Hardcover - Nov. 2006)
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