Children of Byzantium Tapa blanda - 1987

(Toronto): Cormorant, 1987. Corner crease to front cover and minor bumping at base of spine. Interconnected stories about growing up Greek in Winnipeg. Also published simultaneously in a hardcover edition. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper 'For ___ / "Hope you enjoy my first of many novels" / (quote courtesy of brother Gus / Affectionately, Katrina".. Signed by Author. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine..

Dunvegan, Ontario, Canada: Cormorant Books, 1987. Book. Very Good. Trade Paperback. First. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 120pp., VG, near fine. "Extended fiction about growing up Greek in Winnipeg.".

Toronto: Cormorant Books, 1987 Book. Fine. Soft cover. 1st.Can Ed... A novel about immigrant Greeks in Winnipeg told through the eyes of ".teenage Eleni,innocent and hopeful in her village in Greece,through poverty and hardship in "Kanada" where she must endure not only the isolation of the newcomer,but also the terrible silence of one to whom knowledge of the new language and culture is denied." Children of Byzantium is not mere autobiography, but instead is a work of extended fiction about growing up Greek in Winnipeg. Through a series of interconnected stories, Katherine Alexander follows the life of teenage Eleni, innocent and hopeful in her village in Greece, through poverty and hardship in Canada, where she must endure not only the isolation of the newcomer, but also the terrible silence of one to whom knowledge of the new language and culture is denied. Eleni is representative of a generation of immigrant women who were, in effect, ghettoized. Their ethnicity was preserved… Leer más