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Θέκλη

Thekli

Athina Kakouri (Αθηνά Κακούρη, born 1928)

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Greece is transformed by the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913, a time of sacrifice and great hopes, and against that backdrop a young woman leaves her untroubled youth behind and comes, through pain, to understand herself.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Length
599 pages in the original
Genres
Historical, War (assigned by AI)
Set in
Greece, 1912–1913
First published
2005 by Εστία
Author's age
77 when first published
ISBN

9789600511987 (original)