Fool's gold (Modern Greek writers) de Douka, Maro¯ - 1991

Brand: Kedros Publishers,Greece, 0000-00-00. paperback. Used: Good.

Athens: Kedros (Modern Greek Writers), 1997 Book. Illus. by Translator Roderick Beaton. Very Good. Soft cover. Reprint. My father, thunderstruck, was demanding to know: "But when? This is madness! Impossible." When at last he replaces the receiver in a grand Shakespearean manner - my father has it in the blood - he broke the news to us: Dictatorship. My mother cried out and collapsed in a heap on the sofa. Calliope the maid, as part of her duties, always manages to sense the right moment for a restorative coffee, and set off for the kitchen. My father repeated: "Dictatorship, do you hear!" I stared at him, shaking off sleep.This is how Myrsini Panayotou, an Athenian girl about to start university, learns of the coup d'etat that brought to power the infamous dictatorship of the "Colonels" in her country in the early hours of Friday, 21st April 1967. The child of a well-to-do family, Myrsini enthusiastically joins the underground resistance, making common cause with a… Leer más

Brand: Kedros Publishers,Greece, 0000-00-00. paperback. Used:Good.

Paperback. Very Good.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.