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can be terribly steep. He will seek comfort in the gentle rolling of the ocean's swell and the silent currents that have healed sailors' wounds since time immemorial." --Book Jacket.
Set in the stunning Cyclades Islands - a modern love story with the force of an ancient Greek tragedy. Orsa, sentenced by her tyrannical mother and Greek tradition to marry a man she doesn't love, is forced to watch while Siros Maltabes - the man she does love - marries her sister. First English translation of a cult European novel.
Linos has been granted a five-day furlough from prison, where he is serving a life sentence for murder. His mother ha decided to take him to Delphi. A few days spent in that magical place, she thinks, might distract him from his awful fate. She also hopes that this brief time together might be a chance for them to repair what has become a damaged relationship. To that end, she has a difficult revelation to share with her son: ten years earlier, it was she who led the police to him; she is responsible for his arrest and imprisonment. Over the course of five days, as mother and son watch the magnificent ruins of Delphi, matters concerning Linos's childhood that have been buried for decades resurface. This ambitious and magnificent work of literary fiction is a return to the origins of Greek tragedy, a story about guilt and innocence, about the monsters that lurk even in everyday life, and about the complex relationship between mothers and their sons.
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Vera Botterbusch hat als Schriftstellerin, Lyrikerin, Regisseurin, Filmemacherin und Fotografin erheblichen Einfluss auf das Geschehen in der Literaturlandschaft Deutschlands. Ihre direkte und dennoch eingesponnene Lyrik beleuchtet Gesellschaft und Dichterin als dialektische Größen. Die Innensicht ist stets auch Außensicht, das einwirkende Geschehen erzeugt Echos.
Dalle collane più celebri e orami storiche - come Lo specchio e i Gialli di Mondadori, I coralli e I gettoni di Einaudi, I Narratori di Feltrinelli, la Biblioteca Adelphi - fino alle tendenze più recenti e innovative dell'editoria, Storie di uomini e libri è un prezioso strumento di lavoro per studenti e cultori della materia, ma anche una guida accessibilissima per chi desidera affacciarsi, da lettore curioso, nel dietro le quinte della letteratura, dove accanto a chi i libri li scrive c'è anche chi «li fa»: progettandoli e curandoli con passione, coraggio, e talvolta persino un po' di sana incoscienza.
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“Lambite da scintillanti acque blu e e punteggiate di rovine sbiancate dal sole, le isole greche stimoleranno la vostra fantasia con i loro miti, l'appetito con i sapori locali e lo spirito con l'atmosfera rilassante”. (Korina Miller, autrice Lonely Planet). Esperienze straordinarie: foto suggestive, i consigli degli autori e la vera essenza dei luoghi. Personalizza il tuo viaggio: gli strumenti e gli itinerari per pianificare il viaggio che preferisci. Scelte d’autore: i luoghi più famosi e quelli meno noti per rendere unico il tuo viaggio. Palazzo di Cnosso in 3D; a piedi ad Atene; crociere; a tavola con i greci.
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