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Title: |
A Prisoner of War's Story |
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| By (author): |
Stratis Doukas |
| ISBN10-13: |
6185369664 : 9786185369668 |
| Illustrations: |
1 map of East Aegean and Asia Minor coastline with major cities, showing the narrator's journey |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
205x135xmm |
| Pages: |
112 |
| Weight: |
.134 Kg. |
| Published: |
Aiora Press - October 2022 |
| List Price: |
10.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 4 |
| Subjects: |
European history : Military history : Greece : Turkey |
| Smyrna, September 1922: A young Anatolian Greek is taken prisoner at the end of the Greek-Turkish war and marched off into the interior. He recounts his escape and heart-stopping journey through the familiar landscape of his lost homeland, where his ability to pass as a Muslim Turk reveals the common culture shared by the different communities of the crumbling Ottoman empire. A classic tale of survival in a time of nationalist conflict, A Prisoner of War's Story is a beautifully crafted and pithy narrative. Affirming the common humanity of peoples, it earns its place among Europe's finest anti-war literature of the post-world war I period. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Foreword, Map: Narrator’s Journey, A Prisoner of War’s Story, Background Note by the Author, Afterword
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| Reviews: |
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"An arresting snapshot of the moment when the iron grid of nation states clanged down on one part of the Balkans. The translation is clean, accurate and a pleasure to read." -- Maria Margonis, Times Literary Supplement
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"A Prisoner of War’s Story is a book of subtle and effective artistry, a history that captures the reader with ease and stays long within the memory." -- Kevin McGrath, Harvard review
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"‘Doukas’ s powerful tale taps into the modernist tradition: spare, hard-nosed, and devoid of heroic passions in describing a man’s determination to survive." -- Tony Maniaty, The Australian
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