The Book of COVENTRY (A City In Short Fiction)
The Great Chimera
Location(s): Syros
Genre(s): Fiction
Era(s): Early 20th Century
In this classic modern Greek novel set in the early 20th century, Marina, a lovely young French woman estranged from her mother, falls in love with a Greek sea captain and follows him to the island of Syros. Her enlightened lifestyle and intellectual aspirations clash with her stern mother-in-law’s expectations. The story is told from Marina’s point of view, providing deep glimpses into her interior life. When disaster strikes her husband’s shipping company, the family fortunes crumble, tragedy occurs, and Marina descends into madness. Adapted for recent TV and theater productions, The Great Chimera is defined as a Modern Greek tragedy, with multiple links to the narrative experiments of early twentieth-century European literature. Now available in an award-winning translation by Patricia Felisa Barbeito.
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