- Publisher: Penguin
- Year: 2022
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 270pp
- Illustrated: No
- Dimensions: 195x127mm
- Condition: New - Very Good
- Weight: 0.2kg
- ISBN: 9780143136248
- Product code: 539004
The Archeologist and Selected Sea Stories
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Accompanying The Archeologist, Karkavitsas’ 1904 allegorical novella exploring Greek nationalism through two brothers’ disagreement about how best to regain their ancient family’s land and power, are four short stories gathered from the sailors with whom the author crossed the Mediterranean. Slightly off-mint and felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge.
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A landmark selection of the works one of the greatest Greek writers of the twentieth century
Stripped of their ancestral lands and persecuted by other proud dynasties, the once illustrious Eumorphopoulos family have been brought low. But when their rivals begin to falter, two Eumorphopoulos brothers, Aristodemus and Dimitrakis, resolve to restore their line's ancient glory. Yet they disagree about the best path forward: do they look to the ancient past - to long-lost language and culture - or to the ideology and technology of the present. . .
The Archeologist, Andreas Karkavitsas' masterpiece, is at once a powerful allegory for the questions facing Greek nationalism at the turn of the century, as well as a vision of Europe that, conceived on the precipice of the First World War, now resounds with tragedy.
Also included in this edition are a selection of 'sea tales' - folk stories told to Karakvitas by sailors, fishermen and sponge-divers during his travels in the Mediterranean. Staples of Greek literature, these four sea stories are considered some of Karakvitsas' greatest achievements.
Stripped of their ancestral lands and persecuted by other proud dynasties, the once illustrious Eumorphopoulos family have been brought low. But when their rivals begin to falter, two Eumorphopoulos brothers, Aristodemus and Dimitrakis, resolve to restore their line's ancient glory. Yet they disagree about the best path forward: do they look to the ancient past - to long-lost language and culture - or to the ideology and technology of the present. . .
The Archeologist, Andreas Karkavitsas' masterpiece, is at once a powerful allegory for the questions facing Greek nationalism at the turn of the century, as well as a vision of Europe that, conceived on the precipice of the First World War, now resounds with tragedy.
Also included in this edition are a selection of 'sea tales' - folk stories told to Karakvitas by sailors, fishermen and sponge-divers during his travels in the Mediterranean. Staples of Greek literature, these four sea stories are considered some of Karakvitsas' greatest achievements.
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Andreas Karkavitsas, Trans. Johanna Hanink
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