Alki Zei Libros

No one from our generation had the chance. We were overtaken by other events. War, December, civil war, dictatorship. We remember all the old things. They bore us. We don’t say we want to forget them; they are our entire life. How many times have we said we would rebuild from the beginning! It is not courage that we lack… Achilles' Fiancée is a grand book that marks a turning point in our modern prose. It is grand because since the time of Tsirka and the Ungoverned States, no other Greek writer has attempted to embrace the journey of modern Hellenism not only through history but also across geographical space. This Achilles' Fiancée is a "farewell to arms," to the dream and vision of an entire world, a Requiem for the Generation of the Victorious Revolution that was lost. What makes Alki Zei's book not just another testimony is the way in which experience, myth, and history intertwine, or rather the art with which history transforms into a novel and the novelistic material is historicized.

Quando Oreste e Filippo, due gemelli di otto anni, vanno a dormire dalla nonna, le chiedono sempre di raccontare loro dell'ultima estate prima della guerra del 1940, quando lei e i suoi fratellini, Socrate e Zenone, chiamati Sakis e Noulis, erano bambini. A dieci anni Eleftheria, soprannominata Letro, usava la fantasia per affrontare le difficoltà di una vita nella periferia di Atene, con un padre severo e l'incombente minaccia della guerra. Poi, un giorno, l'arrivo dalla Francia di Benoit, il nipote di un vicino, cambiò il suo modo di sognare... Età di lettura: da 10 anni.

В 1936 году в Греции король отходит от власти и в стране устанавливается военная диктатура. Две сестры, восьмилетняя Мелисса и десятилетняя Мирто, живут на одном из греческих островов под защитой большой благополучной семьи: дедушки — великого знатока древней истории, — родителей, тети и горничной. Но только Никос, их старший двоюродный брат, рассказывает самые лучшие истории про леопарда, чучело которого стоит за стеклянной витриной в семейной гостиной. Но вдруг взрослые становятся мрачными, говорят о демократии и диктатуре, ссорятся между собой. Никос вынужден скрываться, а Мирто вступает в военизированную организацию греческой молодежи.

Constantina retourne vivre en Grce auprs de sa grand-mre. La douleur de la sparation familiale, le hasard des rencontres et une petite pilule bleue la conduisent vers une drive insidieuse... Le dernier livre de la grande dame de la littrature grecque qui, avec pertinence et talent, voque un problme pineux de notre socit