The House on Paradise Street
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The House on Paradise Street

  1. 384 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The House on Paradise Street

About this book

In 2008 Antigone Perifanis returns to her old family home in Athens after 60 years in exile. She has come to attend the funeral of her only son, Nikitas, who was born in prison, and whom she has not seen since she left him as a baby. At the same time, Nikitas's English widow Maud – disturbed by her husband's strange behaviour in the days before his death – starts to investigate his complicated past. She soon finds herself reigniting a bitter family feud, and discovers a heartbreaking story of a young mother caught up in the political tides of the Greek Civil War, forced to make a terrible decision that will blight not only her life but that of future generations...

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Chapter 1: A Polite Stranger
  4. Chapter 2: Half My Heart is Russian
  5. Chapter 3: Privacy and Solitude are Not Greek Words
  6. Chapter 4: Penelope’s Cloth
  7. Chapter 5: A Foreign Country
  8. Chapter 6: Fly in the Milk
  9. Chapter 7: The Solemn Rhythm
  10. Chapter 8: A Fair Resting Place
  11. Chapter 9: The Unspeakable Name
  12. Chapter 10: I Dreamed that Greece Might Still Be Free
  13. Chapter 11: Wise Mares
  14. Chapter 12: To the Mountains
  15. Chapter 13: English Alien
  16. Chapter 14: With Bloodshed if Necessary
  17. Chapter 15: December Events
  18. Chapter 16: Little Stalingrad
  19. Chapter 17: Wild Greens and Cold Water
  20. Chapter 18: Dirty Bulgarian Whores
  21. Chapter 19: The Incurable Necrophilia of Radical Patriotism
  22. Chapter 20: Farewell Poor World, Farewell Sweet Life
  23. Chapter 21: Live Your Myth in Greece
  24. Chapter 22: I, The Undersigned
  25. Chapter 23: The Ugly City Burns Beautifully
  26. Chapter 24: Anthropos
  27. Chapter 25: Forty Days and Forty Nights
  28. Chapter 26: Now It’s Different
  29. A Note on the Background
  30. A Brief History of Greece
  31. Acknowledgements
  32. Copyright