Ο κηπουρός κι ο καιροσκόπος

Towards the end of 1940 the young meteorologist Charis Chomatas decides to study the climate of Athens systematically, hoping the city might one day be replanned on the basis of his findings. Soon after, the agronomist Antonis Asteriadis starts an equally exhaustive survey of the capital's vegetable gardens and their decisive role in wartime. Both comb the neighbourhoods of Athens through the terrible years of the Occupation, collecting data. They meet and become friends, and though they live through the political conflicts of the time, they refuse to choose a camp, which leaves them isolated and threatened from all sides. The two are fictional versions of real people.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

260 pages in the original

Genres

Historical, War (assigned by AI)

Set in

Greece, 1940–1944

First published

2014 by Εστία

Author's age

58 when first published

ISBN

9789600515954 (original)