Ο ταχυδρόμος

The hero, a humble postman, tells his own story in the first person, set in a mountain community of post-war Crete. A sensitive observer of a harsh reality, he is led along by society, by matchmaking full of intrigue, by fruitless loves and finally by a married life with many secrets and lies, while the unwritten laws of the community and the family limit every attempt he makes to claim the life he longs for, until one day he wakes up and acts himself.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

229 pages in the original

Genres

Love, Family (assigned by AI)

Set in

Greece, post-war

First published

2018 by Εστία

Author's age

59 when first published

ISBN

9789600517354 (original)