The Club
by Stratis Tsirkas (Author)
Kay Cicellis (Translator)
KEDROS, 1995
6 & 19-10-2011
Book 1st
A suggestion of Dina Papadopoulou
Extracts of book reviews
translated by
Cristiana Vellou
Cristiana Vellou
Christina Vellou
It's
amazing how he managed to link three unrelated things in this book; carnal
love, platonic love and ideological love, with a mastery that makes it smooth
while, yet, maintains the distinct dimension of each one.
Ifigenia Theodoridou
In
the “CLUB”, S.Tsirkas transforms his personal experiences into
refined literature; he speaks of his own truth in artistic terms.
Christina Kelesidou
I
think that Tsirkas positions his heroes within this war scenery quite
skillfully, and like all great writers, he manages to be timeless in regards to
the human characters, as well as the historical events.
Eleni Papastergiadou
When
you’re chasing after your beliefs and
ideologies, you feel like your head gets detached from your body. So you start looking
for another...body! But what happens when several headless bodies find you
instead? Can you be compatible with more than one at the same time? No. You
just merely exist and lead them all. You lead the way; you are the headlight,
the wheel, and the voice for all these bodies. I don't know if this role is
given to you at birth or if you take it after you start digging.
The
end left me speechless!! But as Terry Eagleton says, something must be missing
in order for a story to be unfold... So I am eager to unravel the knot of
ARIAGNI. Really looking forward to it.
Maria Triantafyllidou
He
also ponders and comments “Staying
alone, I rediscovered the man [...] The shades escape [...] And the detached
heads, the gkiossa […]”, but elsewhere, with a brief, idiomatic and somewhat loose-lipped
way he says a lot about everyone and he concludes by spurring a strong interest
for the rest of the story.
Katerina Markopoulou
In my opinion, the climax of the book is degraded by the reveal of the club’s existence. Everything that takes place, apart from Beny’s first visit where his audacity seems baffling, could have happened without the explanation. In a way, it reduces the autonomy of the heroes.
Christina Voumvouraki
The Club played with me as well and I don't know if this should be considered a success or a failure. Throughout the conclusion, Emmi's letter was the final blow. How frustratingly polished, uninterrupted and dead everything seems now...
P.s. Dear Mano, I hope you didn't get the letter.
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