Expat memoir by Greek-American poet, Adrianne Kalfopoulou recounting her adventures and misadventures in her ancestral homeland, offering a multifaceted portrait of Greece today. Insightful, generous, unflinching — she shows what it’s really like to live there.
Fascinating composite biography of EM Forster, Cavafy, and Lawrence Durrell against the political and social history of the city of Alexandria at its peak moment of splendor- especially appreciated by fans of Durrell’s masterpiece: the Alexandria Quartet.
A magical evocation of Durrell’s experiences on Corfu – before WW2. A slow sensuous life style – enjoying the elemental pleasures of daily life under the mythical Greek sun. Local villagers, intellectuals, illustrious visitors, all offer food for thought...
“By Western Hands: Functional Art from the Heart of the West” celebrates the history of rustic design—from the Adirondacks and National Park “parkitecture” style to the work of legendary western furniture-maker Thomas Molesworth—and describes its evolution to the art...
A Best Book of 2018 at Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, and the New Statesman Fox is the story of literary footnotes and “minor” characters―unnoticed people propelled into timelessness through the biographies and novels of others. With Ugresic’s characteristic wit,...
Please wait...
