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Three Summers
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A gorgeous Greek modern classic about three sisters coming-of-age over the course of three summers, introduced by Polly Samson.
That summer we bought big straw hats. Maria's had cherries around the rim, Infanta's had forget-me-nots, and mine had poppies as red as fire. . .
Three Summers is a warm and tender tale of three sisters growing up in the countryside near Athens before the Second World War. Living in a ramshackle old house with their divorced mother are flirtatious, hot-headed Maria, beautiful but distant Infanta, and dreamy and rebellious Katerina, through whose eyes the story is mostly observed.
Over three summers, the girls share and keep secrets, fall in and out of love, try to understand the strange ways of adults, and decide what kind of adults they hope to become.
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Three Summers by Margarita Liberaki is highly praised for its evocative depiction of Greek village life, reminiscent of lying in the sun enjoying figs. It is compared to works like Elena Ferrante's, yet noted for being more cheerful. The novel, celebrated for its dreamy, cinematic quality and sensuous prose, elegantly portrays the coming-of-age story of three sisters, resonating with the nostalgic charm akin to Dodie Smith's work. It is described as a modernist gem, full of earthy innocence and playful humour.
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ISBN: 9780241475065
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 08 July 2021
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Viking
Contributors:
- Translated by Karen Van Dyck
- Introduction by Polly Samson
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 196g
Pages: 272
About the Author
Karen Van Dyck is the Kimon A. Doukas Professor of Modern Greek Literature in the Classics Department at Columbia University. She writes on Modern Greek and Greek Diaspora literature, and gender and translation theory. Her translations include her edited and co-edited collections- The Rehearsal of Misunderstanding- Three Collections by Contemporary Greek Women Poets (Wesleyan, 1998); A Century of Greek Poetry (Cosmos, 2004); The Scattered Papers of Penelope- New and Selected Poems by Katerina Anghelaki-Rooke (Graywolf, 2009), a Lannan Translation selection; and The Greek Poets- Homer to the Present (Norton, 2010).
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