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Zigzag Through the Bitter-Orange Trees
Zigzag through the Bitter Orange Trees was published in Greece in 2000, where it was acclaimed as "the best novel of the decade" and became the first novel to win both the Greek State Prize for Literature and the prestigious Book Critics' Award. In Zigzag through the Bitter Orange Trees we enter the lives of four young people in modern Greece: Lia, ailing in the ...more
Hardcover, 288 pages
Published
October 30th 2006
by Interlink
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The author, Ersi Sotiropoulos (Έρση Σωτηροπούλου), is generally regarded as modern Greek poet. Her care in the use of words is apparent in this novel and, using words, she has constructed a puzzle. We generally dump a puzzle out of its box onto a table. The pieces are all jumbled up with some face down, and little, if anything seeming to fit with other pieces. As you zigzag through the pieces you spot some plausible, and then likely parts that fit together. Often you complete the outside edge fi...more
Un mundo absurdo y doloroso, violento y terrible se pasea entre naranjos amargos para despedir un tiempo caduco.
Una niña que se rebela, una mujer que se muere, un hombre que se enamora, otro que hace acrobacias, un pájaro negro que habla. Personajes que vagan, radialmente, en distintas direcciones, pero que, de manera inapreciable, enredados en la airada búsqueda del amor, en el desengaño, el abandono y la traición, van convergiendo como piezas de un puzzle.
Las fronteras se desdibujan, las his...more
Una niña que se rebela, una mujer que se muere, un hombre que se enamora, otro que hace acrobacias, un pájaro negro que habla. Personajes que vagan, radialmente, en distintas direcciones, pero que, de manera inapreciable, enredados en la airada búsqueda del amor, en el desengaño, el abandono y la traición, van convergiendo como piezas de un puzzle.
Las fronteras se desdibujan, las his...more
I got what I wanted: a book written in Greece by a Greek. Zigzag Through the Bitter-Orange Trees allowed me to venture into Greek culture and enjoy some interesting reading.
However, I spent most of my time being confused and frustrated by this little book.
There are parts in it that just seem to be thrown in. And there are many disconnected, disturbing incidents that I feel were unnecessary.
I unfortunately do not recommend this book. I feel it was mos...more
However, I spent most of my time being confused and frustrated by this little book.
There are parts in it that just seem to be thrown in. And there are many disconnected, disturbing incidents that I feel were unnecessary.
I unfortunately do not recommend this book. I feel it was mos...more
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