Παραγουάη

Two eras, two lives, two escapes and two utopias meet in the same mythical place, three centuries apart. Gavriil, an agronomist from Karditsa whose life has lost its meaning after the bankruptcy of his business, the end of his marriage and the toxic atmosphere in the country, tries a new beginning through an idealised love and a farm in distant, exotic Paraguay. As he experiences his new surroundings, he reconstructs, in the context of the 18th century, the path of a remote ancestor from the Pindus mountains who had fled to the same destination amid the upheavals of the Latin American world. The two lives are invented anew, converge and nourish each other.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

384 pages in the original

Genres

Historical, Migration (assigned by AI)

Set in

Paraguay, Greece, 18th century, present

First published

2020 by Καστανιώτης

Author's age

70 when first published

ISBN

9789600368086 (original)