Chomenidis Christos - Niki A Novel - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: Born in 1938, Niki the daughter of the deputy secretary general of the Greek Communist Party is swept up in turmoil before her first birthday: her parents are arrested and she joins her mother in exile on an island near Santorini. Growing up she experiences the Italian and German invasion the Nazi occupation and the civil war that came after often caught between her socialist values and those of the right - wing establishment to which half her relatives belong. Through her memories and the stories of her family with roots on both coasts of the Aegean Sea Niki also tells the history of Greece and Asia Minor from the late nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth. Her extraordinary tales full of humour and verve in spite of hardship are populated by working - class heroes privileged elites daring revolutionaries and free - spirited bohemians.
Title: Niki A Novel
Author(s): Chomenidis Christos
Publisher: Other Press Llc
Barcode: 9781635421972
Pages: 496 Pages
Publication Date: 6/13/2023
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction