With a new introduction by Polly Samson, Sunday Times bestselling author of A THEATRE FOR DREAMERS\n'That summer we bought big straw hats. Maria's had cherries around the rim, Infanta's had forget-me-nots, and mine had poppies as red as fire. . .'\nThree Summers is a warm and tender tale of three sisters growing up in the countryside near Athens before the Second World War. Living in a ramshackle old house with their divorced mother are flirtatious, hot-headed Maria, beautiful but distant Infanta, and dreamy and rebellious Katerina, through whose eyes the story is mostly observed. Over three summers, the girls share and keep secrets, fall in and out of love, try to understand the strange ways of adults and decide what kind of adults they hope to become.\n'The sun has disappeared from books these days... You are one of those who pass it on' Albert Camus to Margarita Liberaki\n'A leisurely, large-hearted coming-of-age novel, earthy and innocent, nostalgic and beautifully rendered' Kirkus\n'A dreamy, cinematic tapestry of Greek village life' NPR

Three Summers (Penguin European Writers)

Literature & Fiction

Liberaki, Margarita

Genre Fiction

VIKING

A tender story about three sisters coming of age in Greece over the course of three summers, now available after being out of print for over twenty years. Three Summers is the story of three sisters growing up in the countryside near Athens before the Second World War. Living in a big old house surrounded by a beautiful garden are Maria, the oldest sister, as sexually bold as she is eager to settle down and have a family of her own; beautiful but distant Infanta; and dreamy and rebellious Katerina, through whose eyes the story is mostly observed. Over three summers, the girls share and keep secrets, fall in and out of love, try to figure out their parents and other members of the tribe of adults, take note of the weird ways of friends and neighbors, worry about and wonder who they are. Karen Van Dyck’s translation captures all the light and warmth of this modern Greek classic.

Three Summers (New York Review Books Classics)

United States

NYRB Classics

Ο έρωτας, η αναζήτηση του έρωτα, ο πόθος του έρωτα... Τρία καλοκαίρια μέσα στο λαμπρό φως της Αττικής, τρεις αδελφές στην άνθησή τους, η Μαρία, η Ινφάντα, η Κατερίνα. Η Μαρία, η μεγαλύτερη, αισθησιακή, κοντά στα μυστήρια της φύσης, η Ινφάντα, φλογερή αλλά συγκρατημένη μπροστά στον έρωτα, η Κατερίνα, διψασμένη για ανεξαρτησία, που διαλέγει το όνειρο. Γι' αυτήν ο μύθος γίνεται η πραγματικότητα, όπως τα μυστηριώδη πρόσωπα της Πολωνέζας γιαγιάς και του καπετάνιου Ανδρέα. Η Κατερίνα αφηγείται τα τρία αυτά καλοκαίρια με φαντασία, χιούμορ και απέραντη τρυφερότητα, με νεανική χάρη που έχει κιόλας έναν τόνο νοσταλγίας. 1η έκδοση: 1946. 1η έκδοση στις εκδόσεις "Καστανιώτη": 1995.

Ta Psathina Kapela

Schoenhofsforeign Books Inc

Three Summers (Modern Greek Writers Series)

Van Dyck, Karen

Kedros S.A.

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