Eleni, or Nobody
by
Northwestern University Press, 2002
18/4/2012
Book 12th
A suggestion of Alexandra Sakellaropoulou
Extracs of book reviews
A suggestion of Alexandra Sakellaropoulou
Extracs of book reviews
translated by
Christiana Vellou
Stefania Veldemiri
After the first 2-3 pages I was sure that I wouldn't like the book. It seemed to me that it's rather the description of a language, rather than a true language. In my opinion, it seems like a true story, embellished with some romantic imagination.
What I got from the book is that it doesn't matter if you are a woman or living in Greece in the 1800's. As long as your father is a shipowner and has money, you can become a painter, have illegitimate children, work or even tutor the queen's children without facing any problems.
