Something Will Happen, You'll See

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Something Will Happen, You'll See

Ikonomou's stories convey the plight of those worst affected by the Greek economic crisis--laid-off workers, hungry children. In the urban sprawl between Athens and Piraeus, the narratives roam restlessly through the impoverished working-class quarters located off the tourist routes. Everyone is dreaming of escape: to the mountains, to an island or a palatial estate, into a Hans Christian Andersen story world. What are they fleeing? The old woes--gossip, watchful neighbors, the oppression and indifference of the rich--now made infinitely worse. In Ikonomou's concrete streets, the rain is always looming, the politicians' slogans are ignored, and the police remain a violent, threatening presence offstage. Yet even at the edge of destitution, his men and women act for themselves, trying to preserve what little solidarity remains in a deeply atomized society, and in one way or another finding their own voice. There is faith here, deep faith--though little or none in those who habitually ask for it.
Country USA
Brand Archipelago Botanicals
Manufacturer Archipelago
Binding Paperback
Color White
ReleaseDate 2016-03-15
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780914671350

Country	USA
Brand	Archipelago Botanicals
Manufacturer	Archipelago
Binding	Paperback
Color	White
ReleaseDate	2016-03-15
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780914671350

Something Will Happen, You'll See

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