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Little Infamies
Panos Karnezis
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Description for Little Infamies
Paperback. These stories are all set in the same nameless Greek village, a world where magic invariably loses out to harsh reality, a world at once universal, funny and compelling. The villagers' lives intersect, as lives do in a small place, and they all know each other's secrets - all the little infamies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 199 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208.
Panos Karnezis' remarkable stories are all set in the same nameless Greek village. His characters are the people who live there - the priest, the barber, the whore, the doctor, the seamstress, the mayor - and the occasional animal: a centaur, a parrot that recites Homer, a horse called History. Their lives intersect, as lives do in a small place, and they know each other's secrets - the hidden crimes, the mysteries, the little infamies that men commit. Karnezis observes his villagers with a forgiving eye, and creates a world where magic invariably loses out to harsh reality, a world ... Read more
Panos Karnezis' remarkable stories are all set in the same nameless Greek village. His characters are the people who live there - the priest, the barber, the whore, the doctor, the seamstress, the mayor - and the occasional animal: a centaur, a parrot that recites Homer, a horse called History. Their lives intersect, as lives do in a small place, and they know each other's secrets - the hidden crimes, the mysteries, the little infamies that men commit. Karnezis observes his villagers with a forgiving eye, and creates a world where magic invariably loses out to harsh reality, a world ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099433521
SKU
V9780099433521
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-22
About Panos Karnezis
Panos Karnezis was born in Greece in 1967 and came to England in 1992. He studied engineering at Oxford and worked in industry before starting to write in English. He studied for an MA in Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia. He is the author of Little Infamies, a collection of connected short stories set in a nameless ... Read more
Reviews for Little Infamies
Karnezis has captured the spirit of his people and spoken for them in a spellbinding, universal voice
The Times
Karnezis's robust prose, as luminous and flinty as his landscape, sharpens his focus on captive souls in a lonely place
Independent
Strikingly original... The stories in Little Infamies are extraordinary - shocking, colourful and resonant. Panos Karnezis ... Read more
The Times
Karnezis's robust prose, as luminous and flinty as his landscape, sharpens his focus on captive souls in a lonely place
Independent
Strikingly original... The stories in Little Infamies are extraordinary - shocking, colourful and resonant. Panos Karnezis ... Read more