Astradeni (Modern Greek writers) - Softcover

Fakinou, Eugenia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9600404836 ISBN 13: 9789600404838

Publisher: Kedros Publishers,Greece, 1996

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Synopsis:

Grandma Eleni says it's my name, Astradeni, that's to blame, because Astradeni means 'the one who binds the stars.' And who, other than a fairy creature, can bind the stars? I don't tell anyone this, of course...' Symi, the small island near Rhodes, is where the eleven-year-old heroine of this novel grows up, until financial reasons oblige the family to move to Athens. Astradeni leaves behind a close-knit community, a natural setting that stimulates her imagination, and rich store of traditional values in which both religion and magic lore have their place. The author lets her tell her own story with winning charm and candour in a style that allows her sensitivity and the sparkle of her intelligence to shine through. A born storyteller, Astradeni supplies vivid details of the life and human relations on a remote Aegean island, as well as her efforts to adapt to her hard and alienating conditions of a city life. For beneath the surface charm of a young girl's narrative the reader is in fact witnessing a painful process of social change, the violence done to the sense of values of individuals experiencing an abrupt transition from a traditional agrarian culture to a competitive, industrialised society of consumers.

About this edition

• Publisher: Kedros Publishers,Greece
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 9600404836
• ISBN 13: 9789600404838
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 239