Something Will Happen, You'll See

Name: Something Will Happen, You'll See
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ISBN: 9780914671350

ISBN-10: 0914671359

ISBN-13: 9780914671350

Edition: 2015

Authors: Christos Ikonomou, Karen Emmerich

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Ikonomou's stories convey the plight of those worst affected by the Greek economic crisis--laid-off workers, hungry children. In the urban sprawl between Athens and Piraeus, the narratives roam restlessly through the impoverished working-class quarters located off the tourist routes. Everyone is dreaming of escape: to the mountains, to an island or a palatial estate, into a Hans Christian Andersen story world. What are they fleeing? The old woes--gossip, watchful neighbors, the oppression and indifference of the rich--now made infinitely worse. In Ikonomou's concrete streets, the rain is always looming, the politicians' slogans are ignored, and the police remain a violent, threatening…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: Steerforth Press
Publication date: 3/15/2016
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 250
Size: 5.30" wide x 6.80" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.616
Language: English