Deep blue almost black : selected fiction / Thanassis Valtinos ; translated from the Greek by Jane Assimakopoulos and Stavros Deligiorgis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Valtinos, Thanasēs.

Contributor:

Assimakopoulos, Jane.

Deligiorgis, Stavros, 1933-

Standardized Title:

Tha vreite ta osta mou hypo vrochēn. English

Language:

English

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Genre:

Fiction.

Physical Description:

xii, 116 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, [1997]

Summary:

With vivid language and powerful imagery, Thanassis Valtinos addresses the major dislocations of three generations of Greeks in the face of profound political, social, and cultural change. Disillusioned urbanites and simple farmers alike are affected by the coups and political pressures of contemporary Greece, while at the same time they are moved by the primitive Greece of visions, ghostly apparitions, and of saints' shrines in olive groves. Valtinos's astonishing gift for irony and poignant understatement make this novella and collection of short stories a powerful commentary on contemporary Greek affairs.

Contents:

You Will Find My Bones Under Rain: Short Stories 1

August '48 3

The River Kaystros 10

The Plaster Cast 18

Peppers in a Flowerpot 26

Panayolis 33

The Stepfather 36

Autumn Storm 42

Peter and Pat 47

You Will Find My Bones Under Rain 53

Nekuia: Journey to the Dead 58

Roses for Maria A 60

There Still Is a God 70

Deep Blue Almost Black: A Novella 73.

Notes:

"Hydra books."

ISBN:

0810114909

OCLC:

36292857