LETTER FROM DUBLIN – NOVEL – BEST NEW AUTHOR PRIZE 1997 |
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Vicky Theodoropoulou, Letter from Dublin |
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Some youngsters dream of leaving, of wandering the cities of the world, living among people whose habits are not their habits, and of return. One day, perhaps, while others, already scattered around the western megalopolis are unworried by thoughts of homecoming. The Seventies are coming to a close and Athens is recovering from a dictatorship.
Marina and Nasos, the main characters in Vicky Theodoropoulou’s novel Letter from Dublin, are two such youngsters, and they, too, roam the globe. For her, fleeing the motherland and exploring the cities of the world was a passion, almost an obsession; for him, living in European capitals a means of accruing tokens
Nasos, today a busy 40-year-old resident of Brussels, will find time to describe his tempestuous relationship with Marina. In doing so, he will chronicle a generation that frequented the bars of the freshly democratic Athens, spent long summers on the islands, fell in love in outdoor discos, and, on leaving Greece, hunted life down in the capitals of Europe or found happiness ïn the coasts of Africa. Some never worried about going back; others, like Marina, returned one day. But all of them keep on traveling.
That’s why the characters in Vicky Theodoropoulou’s novel sometimes meet in Porto, Barcelona or Dublin, sometimes in London, Paris or Strasbourg, and in Libreville, too, in distant Gabon. Thank goodness there are no ends for destinations! |
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LETTER FROM DUBLIN, HESTIA PUBLICATIONS May1997 260 pages |
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...in this, her enchanting debut novel, the author takes a look at the Greeks in the cities of the world... ETHNOS, daily newspaper
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...vivid and frank... |
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...the author charms the reader with her highly idiomatic, interesting writing... 7 DAYS TV magazine weekly
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...a fresco of the Greek youths of the Eighties who grew up in Europe’s metropolises... MADAME FIGARO magazine monthly
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...youthful writing with cosmopolitan features... AVGI daily newspaper
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...conveying colours and motion in her debut novel... POP & ROCK magazine monthly
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...reveals the author’s mature literary style... READING magazine monthly
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...a sweet journey through love and friendship; one of those [books] that keep us ever young... EXPRESS magazine weekly
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...a creative nostalgia for the young who hunt for life in the cities of the world... BAZAAR magazine monthly
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...citizens of the world: this is Europe without frontiers! READING magazine monthly
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