{"product_id":"niki-paperback","title":"Niki - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChristos Chomenidis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003ePatricia Felisa Barbeito\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA resilient Greek woman recounts her and her family's extraordinary story at the end of her life, marked by the great historical events of the twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBorn in 1938, Niki, the daughter of the deputy secretary general of the Greek Communist Party, is swept up in turmoil before her first birthday: her parents are arrested, and she joins her mother in exile on an island near Santorini. Growing up, she experiences the Italian and German invasion, the Nazi occupation, and the civil war that came after, often caught between her socialist values and those of the right-wing establishment, to which half her relatives belong.\u003cbr\u003e Through her memories and the stories of her family, with roots on both coasts of the Aegean Sea, Niki also tells the history of Greece and Asia Minor from the late nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth. Her remarkable tales, full of humor and verve in spite of hardship, are populated by working-class heroes, privileged elites, daring revolutionaries, and free-spirited bohemians.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristos Chomenidis \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Athens, Greece. In addition to writing novels, Chomenidis has hosted his own nationally broadcast radio show, written scripts for cinema and television, and writes a column for Greece's largest newspaper, \u003ci\u003eTa Nea\u003c\/i\u003e. His novel \u003ci\u003eΝiki\u003c\/i\u003e won the 2021 European Book Prize, and his works have been translated into numerous languages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatricia Felisa Barbeito\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of American Literatures at the Rhode Island School of Design and a translator of modern Greek fiction and poetry. Her translations include Elias Maglinis's \u003ci\u003eThe Interrogation\u003c\/i\u003e, which was awarded the 2013 Modern Greek Studies Association's Constantinides Memorial Translation Prize, M. Karagatsis's \u003ci\u003eThe Great Chimera\u003c\/i\u003e, and Amanda Michalopoulou's \u003ci\u003eGod's Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, which was short-listed for the 2020 National Translation Award. Her shorter translations have appeared in PEN\/America, \u003ci\u003eAsymptote Blog\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWords Without Borders\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCatapult\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInTranslation\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eExchanges\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 13, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42171101479047,"sku":"9781635421972","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/a35f44a766c09f9cf1d073e92170d909.webp?v=1733353107","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/niki-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}