{"product_id":"three-summers-paperback","title":"Three Summers - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMargarita Liberaki\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKaren Van Dyck\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA tender story about three sisters coming of age in Greece over the course of three summers, now available after being out of print for over twenty years.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eThree Summers\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of three sisters growing up in the countryside near Athens before the Second World War. Living in a big old house surrounded by a beautiful garden are Maria, the oldest sister, as sexually bold as she is eager to settle down and have a family of her own; beautiful but distant Infanta; and dreamy and rebellious Katerina, through whose eyes the story is mostly observed. Over three summers, the girls share and keep secrets, fall in and out of love, try to figure out their parents and other members of the tribe of adults, take note of the weird ways of friends and neighbors, worry about and wonder who they are. Karen Van Dyck's translation captures all the light and warmth of this modern Greek classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargarita Liberaki\u003c\/b\u003e (1919-2001) was born in Athens and raised by her grandparents, who ran the Fexis bookstore and publishing house. In addition to \u003ci\u003eThree Summers\u003c\/i\u003e, she wrote two further novels, \u003ci\u003eThe Other Alexander \u003c\/i\u003e(1950) and \u003ci\u003eThe Mystery \u003c\/i\u003e(1976); a number of plays, including \u003ci\u003eCandaules' Wife \u003c\/i\u003e(1955) and \u003ci\u003eThe Danaïds \u003c\/i\u003e(1956), part of a cycle she called Mythical Theater; several screenplays, including Jules Dassin's \u003ci\u003ePhaedra \u003c\/i\u003e(1962) and \u003ci\u003eDiaspora \u003c\/i\u003e(1999), about Greek intellectuals in exile in Paris during the junta; and a translation of \u003ci\u003eTreasure Island \u003c\/i\u003e(2000). \u003ci\u003eThree Summers \u003c\/i\u003eis now a standard part of Greek and Cypriot public education; it was adapted as a television miniseries in 1995. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Van Dyck\u003c\/b\u003e is the Kimon A. Doukas Professor of Modern Greek Literature at Columbia University. She writes on modern Greek and diaspora literature and on gender and translation. She has edited or co-edited several volumes of poetry, including \u003ci\u003eA Century of Greek Poetry \u003c\/i\u003e(2004); \u003ci\u003eThe Greek Poets: Homer to the Present \u003c\/i\u003e(2010); and, for NYRB Poets, \u003ci\u003eAusterity Measures: The New Greek Poetry \u003c\/i\u003e(2017). Her translations have appeared in \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn Rail\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAsymptote\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Baffler\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 264\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 09, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770366230816,"sku":"9781681373300","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3cc430e84c8bd3165b5f3756bb527ac8.webp?v=1780370266","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/three-summers-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}