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The Dedalus book of Greek fantasy / edited and translated by David Connolly.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Greek, Modern (1453-)
- Subjects (All):
- Greek fiction, Modern--20th century--Translations into English.
- Greek fiction, Modern.
- Fantasy fiction, Greek (Modern)--Translations into English.
- Fantasy fiction, Greek (Modern).
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 308 pages ; 20 cm
- Other Title:
- Greek fantasy
- Place of Publication:
- Cambs : Dedalus, 2004.
- Summary:
- The latest volume in the Dedalus European fantasy series, this anthology of short stories includes a wide range of texts covering the period from the birth of the modern Greek State in the early nineteenth century until today. The richness and diversity of the stories reflects the long tradition of fantasy in ancient and medieval Greek literature, ranging from Homer to Lucian and from the medieval romances to the popular folk song.
- This is the first collection of Greek short stories of its kind and almost all are translated into English for the first time. Of particular interest are the stories by authors not normally associated with fantastic fiction. Included, for example, are prose works by major twentieth-century Greek poets (Cavafy, Lapathiotis, Leivaditis) and by representatives of the little known but highly influential Greek Surrealist movement (Embiricos, Valaoritis) alongside such established authors as Papadiamantis, Theotokas and Yatromanolakis.
- Contents:
- Journey to the Planet Jupiter / Andreas Lascaratos 12
- Blossom / Emmanouil Roidis 20
- The Vampire's Son / Achilleus Paraschos 29
- Flower of the Shore / Alexandros Papadiamantis 36
- In the Light of Day / Constantine Cavafy 41
- The Mermaid / Andreas Karkavitsas 51
- The Phantom Never Seen Again / Menos Philintas 56
- The Three Tests / Demosthenes Voutyras 63
- Nightmare / Nikolaos Episkopopoulos 71
- A Very Odd Case / Napoleon Lapathiotis 76
- Pedro Cazas / Fotis Kontoglou 81
- Oedipus Rex / Andreas Embiricos 117
- Westminster / Yorgos Theotokas 121
- The Daily Myth or The Headless Man / Nanos Valaoritis 129
- A Day Like Any Other / Tassos Leivaditis 135
- The Rulers / Alexandros Schinas 143
- The Swans / E.H. Gonatas 158
- Dracula / Petros Ambatzoglou 165
- The Last Alchemist / Tassos Roussos 174
- Actor / Makis Panorios 192
- A Strange Incident / Nikos Houliaras 202
- Period of Grace / Yoryis Yatromanolakis 209
- The Conquerors / Dimitris Kalokyris 221
- The Other Footpath / Demosthenes Kourtovik 226
- Nostalgic Clone / Aris Marangopoulos 234
- Dream Scholarship / Evyenios Aranitsis 251
- Theocles / Theodoros Grigoriadis 259
- Mania from Heaven / Kostas Arkoudeas 273
- It Was Already Past Midnight / Aris Sfakianakis 280
- Sleeping Beauty and the Forty Pirates / Nikos Panayotopoulos 285.
- ISBN:
- 1873982844
- OCLC:
- 55531605
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