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Edité par Denise Harvey (Publisher), 2011
ISBN 10 : 9607120280ISBN 13 : 9789607120281
Vendeur : Denise Harvey (Publisher), Limni, EVIA, Grèce
Livre Edition originale
Soft cover. Etat : As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. From its first appearance in 1903, The Murderess has been regarded as Papadiamandis's finest work. Set on his native island of Skiathos it tells the story of Hadoula, a widow with grown-up children, who has convinced herself that it is better little girls should leave this life when young so that they and their parents should not suffer the trials that inevitably would be inflicted on them by an inequitable society. In the throes of this misguided compassion she first murders her own granddaughter and afterwards finds herself set on a course she is unable to stop despite the promptings of her conscience and her awareness of the consequences. Translated by Liadain Sherrard and Introduced by Lambros Kamperidis. 140 pages, sewn pages. Front edge of cover very slightly scuffed from, it would seem, the binding process, otherwise the book is as brand new and unread.
Edité par Denise Harvey (Publisher), 2014
ISBN 10 : 9607120337ISBN 13 : 9789607120335
Vendeur : Denise Harvey (Publisher), Limni, EVIA, Grèce
Livre Edition originale
Soft cover. Etat : New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Around the Lagoon is one of Papadiamandis s most finely crafted and densely written stories. Unusually, it is written in the second person and addressed to a friend , who can be seen as the narrator s younger self. The narrator evokes his childhood experiences of unrequited love and betrayed friendship amid an idyllic natural setting. As is usual in his stories, Around the Lagoon combines a plot involving individual characters with descriptions of work, customs and manners practised by the whole community. Work plays a major role in this particular story, especially in the detailed and vivid descriptions of boat-building, the preparations leading up to the launch of a boat into the bay, and the launch itself with its associated traditional ceremony and the celebration which follows. This translation of 'Around the Lagoon' is a revised version of the translation which first appeared in Volume I of The Boundless Garden: Selected Short Stories by Alexandros Papadiamandis (2007). Peter Mackridge is Emeritus Professor of Modern Greek at the University of Oxford. 72 pages with six photographs.