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Η θάλασσα

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This short story by A. Karkavitsas deals with the first steps of a young sailor and his subsequent attempts to give up the sea and settle in a rural context. Lovely depiction of the internal strife and the urge to follow a traditional path which more often than not ends in disaster.

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First published January 1, 1969

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Andreas Karkavitsas

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Andreas Karkavitsas (Greek: Ανδρέας Καρκαβίτσας) was a Greek writer. He was born in the town of Lechaina in the modern Ilia Prefecture. He studied medicine and, as an army doctor, travelled across a great range of villages and settlements, from which he recorded traditions and legends. He died on October 22, 1922 of laryngeal cancer.
Karkavitsas belongs to the literary movement of naturalism (exemplified by Émile Zola), depicts the everyday reality and life of people and society, as opposed to Romanticism and Surrealism. He was known as a talented folklorist, able to spin tales with common people's lives with strong psychological insights about them. In addition, he depicted the local customs, dialects and folktales of the settings in his stories.
He was more successful as a short-story and novella writer.

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193 reviews28 followers
October 3, 2017
Ένα διήγημα για τον ναυτικό που δεν μπορεί να μείνει μακριά από τη σαγήνη της θάλασσας.

" Έλα, Έλα, να σε πλαγιάσω στους κόρφους μου, να σ’ αναστήσω μ’ ένα μου φίλημα.
Τι κάθεσαι άψυχο ξύλο και βάρυπνο; Δε βαρέθηκες του δάσου τη νάρκη και την άβουλη ζωή; Ντροπή σου!
Έβγα να παλέψης με το κύμα· όρμησε στηθάτο να κουρελιάσης τον άνεμο. Έλα να γίνεις ζήλια της φάλαινας, σύντροφος στο δελφίνι, του γλάρου ανάπαψη, τραγούδι των ναυτών, καύχημα του καπετάνιου σου.
Έλα, χρυσό μου, Έλα!..."
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126 reviews6 followers
August 8, 2017
3.6

Το διήγημα αυτό αναφέρεται στην ιστορία ενός ανθρώπου που από μικρός ήθελε να γίνει ναυτικός. Εκπληρώνοντας το όνειρό του συνειδητοποιεί ότι τελικά δεν ανήκει στην θαλασσινή ζωή. Ωστόσο νιώθει ξένος στην στεριά.

Είναι εύκολο στην ανάγνωση και όποιος αγαπά τα διηγήματα είναι σίγουρο ότι θα του αρέσει!
20 reviews1 follower
March 19, 2023
Ωραίο! Κανένας ναυτικός δεν μπορεί μακριά από τη θαλασσα
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March 20, 2024
Είναι απίστευτο το ξανά διαβάζω ανά περιόδους
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