- Greek State Literary Prize for the Novel 2012 · Shortlist
Ανεμώλια
Anemolia
“Words of the Wind” (title translated by AI)
Isidoros Zourgos (Ισίδωρος Ζουργός, born 1964)
English editions
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A band of men who have been friends since childhood slip away on a sailing boat at the start of summer, leaving their old lives behind for ever. Through the adventures of the voyage, bitter humour, mishaps and the narrator's wandering memory, a picture emerges of recent Greek nihilism and of the spiral the country has been caught in for thirty years. In constant dialogue with Homer's world, the trip is an escape from male despair and stifling routine, and a thirst for youth and timeless beauty.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 458 pages in the original
- Set in
- Greece
- First published
- 2011 by Πατάκης
- Author's age
- 47 when first published
- ISBN
9789601641119 (original)