Articles liés à Koraki

Koraki - Couverture souple

Ploumidis, George

 
9780645074505: Koraki
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0645074500 ISBN 13 : 9780645074505
Editeur : George Ploumidis, 2021

Synopsis

Nicola Petrakis is a clinical psychologist who has taken indefinite leave to look after his ill parents; his Mother has dementia requiring specialized care and his Father has just passed from lung cancer.

When Nicola buries his Father Nectarios after a long battle with cancer, he expects peace.

But his cousin Petra reveals a shocking secret and he is drawn into seeking her revenge, instigating chaos he could never have foreseen.

His Mother Lidia, held tight by dementia's cruel grip and begging to die, hallucinates about an old love she says visits her every afternoon, while Nicola's true love has vanished from his life.

The old man's will reignites family tensions, a female stranger visits his Father's grave, and his widower uncle forms an unlikely friendship with a woman that reminds him of his dead wife.

What's real and what's imagined?

Who will rise and who will fall?

The crows that signalled death's embrace in his childhood rule Nicola's waking hours and his dreams - their haunting caw predicting an impending doom.

A tragic accident. A murder. A reconciliation.

And then - against odds - new life.

Inspired by a powerful and defining moment in his childhood, Koraki is the startling new debut novel of George Ploumidis.



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À propos de l'auteur

Author of Koraki and Terra, George Ploumidis was born in rural Glen Innes to immigrant Greek parents, and it is from here that the images of crows as a symbol of death inspired Koraki. Forty years later, he wrote Koraki and its follow-up, Terra, both about the Petrakis and Liverani families' journey to Australia. George is an experienced Optometrist, trivia obsessive, music and soccer tragic. He lives in Melbourne and speaks Greek, Italian, Spanish, and the odd word of English.

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Éditeur
George Ploumidis
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0645074500
ISBN 13 
9780645074505
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
350
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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