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Niki

Νίκη · Niki

Christos Chomenidis (Χρήστος Χωμενίδης, born 1966)

Translated by Patricia Felisa Barbeito

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In English

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Niki is based on the stories the author's mother told about her father, and on that father's own accounts of his long and troubled relationship with the Left. Niki is the daughter of Vasilis Nefeloudis, the most prominent official of the Greek Communist Party between the wars, who was later expelled from the party but never lost his faith. The novel follows her from infancy to the hard last years of her life, and its central conflict is between political faith and family.

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About the book

Form
Novel
Genres
Family, Politics, Historical (assigned by AI)
Set in
Greece
First published
2014 by Πατάκης
Author's age
48 when first published
ISBN

9781635421972 (Other Press, United States)