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  • Orthokostá

    A Novel

    by Thanassis Valtinos ...
    Translated by Jane Assimakopoulos, Stavros Deligiorgis ...
    Series Book 225 - The Margellos World Republic of Letters
    First published in 1994 to a storm of controversy, Thanassis Valtinos’s probing novel Orthokostá defied standard interpretations of the Greek Civil War. Through the documentary-style testimonies of multiple narrators, among them the previously unheard voices of right-wing collaborationists, Valtinos provides a powerful, nuanced interpretation of events during the later years of Nazi occupation and ... Read more

    $29.69 CAD

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