Stratis Doukas eBooks

eBooks di Stratis Doukas editi da Aiora Press

Stratis Doukas was born in 1895 on Moschonisi island, off the Asia Minor coast, and settled in Greece as a refugee after the Greek–Turkish War (1919–22). He served as a soldier in the Greek army in the First World War and in the ill-fated Asia Minor campaign. A Prisoner of War’s Story, published in 1929, established his reputation as an innovative writer of a new unadorned first-person narrative style. His writing encompasses lyrical prose, arts journalism and studies of important figures in the visual arts, including an early biography of the sculptor Yannoulis Chalepas. Doukas died in Athens in 1983.
A prisoner of War's Story. E-book. Formato EPUB ebook
EBOOK   9786185369989

A prisoner of War's Story. E-book. Formato EPUB Stratis Doukas   -  Aiora Press, 2026  - 

Smyrna, September 1922: A young Anatolian Greek is taken prisoner at the end of the Greek–Turkish War and marched off into the interior. He recounts his escape and heart-stopping journey through the familiar landscape of his lost homeland, where his ability to pass as a Muslim Turk reveals the common culture shared by the different communities of the crumbling Ottoman Empire. A classic tale of survival in a time of nationalist conflict, A Prisoner of War's Story is a beautifully crafted and pithy narrative. Affirming the common humanity of peoples, it earns its place among Europe's finest anti-war literature of the post– World War I period. 'An arresting snapshot of the moment when the iron grid of nation states clanged down on one part of the Balkans. The translation is clean, accurate and a pleasure to read.' Maria Margaronis —Times Literary Supplement 'A Prisoner of War's Story is a book of subtle and effective artistry, a history that captures the reader with ease and stays long within the memory.' Kevin McGrath —Harvard Review 'Doukas's powerful tale taps into the modernist tradition: spare, hard-nosed, and devoid of heroic passions in describing a man's determination to survive.' Tony Maniaty —The Australian

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