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Eurydice Street: A Place in Athens
Zinovieff
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Description for Eurydice Street: A Place in Athens
paperback. Sofka Zinovieff had fallen in love with Greece as a student, but little suspected that years later she would return for good with an expatriate Greek husband and two young daughters. This book is a fresh, funny and inquiring account of her first year as an Athenian. Num Pages: 288 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVG; BGA; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 24. Weight in Grams: 212.
Sofka Zinovieff had fallen in love with Greece as a student, but little suspected that years later she would return for good with an expatriate Greek husband and two young daughters. This book is a wonderfully fresh, funny and inquiring account of her first year as an Athenian. The whole family have to get to grips with their new life and identities: the children start school and tackle a new language, and Sofka's husband, Vassilis, comes home after half a lifetime away. Meanwhile, Sofka resolves to get to know her new city and become a Greek citizen, which turns out ... Read more
Sofka Zinovieff had fallen in love with Greece as a student, but little suspected that years later she would return for good with an expatriate Greek husband and two young daughters. This book is a wonderfully fresh, funny and inquiring account of her first year as an Athenian. The whole family have to get to grips with their new life and identities: the children start school and tackle a new language, and Sofka's husband, Vassilis, comes home after half a lifetime away. Meanwhile, Sofka resolves to get to know her new city and become a Greek citizen, which turns out ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Granta Books
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781862077508
SKU
V9781862077508
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99-10
About Zinovieff
Sofka Zinovieff trained as an anthropologist and has worked as a journalist. She lives in Athens. This is her first book.
Reviews for Eurydice Street: A Place in Athens
In 2001, Sofka Zinovieff accompanied her husband on a posting back to Athens. This book is both an account of her enthusiastic, if often balked, attempts to transform herself into a Greek, and a vivid evocation of a city in a chaotic ferment of change. In its lively and often trenchant blend of personal recollection and a depiction of an ... Read more