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Arrested Song
- a sumptuous novel of an extraordinary woman and her struggle against social and political tyranny
Engelsk
Bogcover for Arrested Song af Irena Karafilly, 9781915643964
Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
416
ISBN-13:
9781915643964
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1915643961
Udg. Dato:
28 mar 2023
Størrelse i cm:
13,0 x 19,9 x 3,7
Oplagsdato:
28 mar 2023
Forfatter(e):

Arrested Song

- a sumptuous novel of an extraordinary woman and her struggle against social and political tyranny
Engelsk
Paperback 2023
Format:

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‘A very accomplished novel’ Louis de Bernieres, author of Captain Corelli''s Mandolin‘Hard to put this book down’ Sofka Zinovieff‘An epic, page turning story, of longing and bravery... a must read’ Nadia MarksShortlisted for the Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction 2024

Calliope Adham – young, strong-willed, and recently widowed – is schoolmistress in the village of Molyvos when Hitler’s army invades Greece in 1941. Well-read and linguistically gifted, she is recruited by the Germans to act as their liaison officer. It is the beginning of a personal and national saga that will last for several decades.

Calliope’s wartime duties bring her into close contact with Lieutenant Lorenz Umbreit, the Wehrmacht commander. The schoolmistress is an active member of the Greek Resistance, yet her friendship with the German blossoms against all odds, in a fishing village seething with dread and suspicion.

Amid privation and death, the villagers’ hostility finally erupts, but the bond between Calliope and Umbreit survives, taking unforeseeable turns as Greece is ravaged by civil war and oppressed by military dictatorship. It is against this turbulent background that Calliope emerges as a champion for girls'' and women''s rights.

ARRESTED SONG is a haunting, sumptuous novel, weaving the private and the historic into a vivid tapestry of Greek island life. Spanning over three decades, it chronicles the story of an extraordinary woman and her lifelong struggle against social and political tyranny.

‘Compelling’ Dean Kalimniou‘Wonderful’ Anna Porter‘Beautifully written’ Carol P Christ‘One of the best novels I’ve read about modern Greece... a truly original work’ Diana Farr Louis‘I savoured every word’ Peter Barber

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
416
ISBN-13:
9781915643964
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
1915643961
Udg. Dato:
28 mar 2023
Størrelse i cm:
13,0 x 19,9 x 3,7
Oplagsdato:
28 mar 2023
Forfatter(e):
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