The Murderess (New York Review Books Classics)
"...this chillingly beautiful work should win for Papadiamantis the new English readers he certainly deserves." --Arts & Book Review“Certain poets like Constantine Cavafy, George Seferis and Odysseus Elytis have responded  positively to his writings. They have especially expressed appreciation for his distinctive  use of language, powers of simple narration and masterly blending of the cruel exigencies  and exquisite natural surroundings of a way of life that resonates with folkways,  myth and religious sensibility. With his place among Greece's modern writers now  secure, Papadiamantis merits the attention of the larger audience that translation  into English gives him. His novella,The Murderess…should be required readingR30;” -George  Economou,The New York Times “The narrative unfolds with a retrospective reticence  that is stunning, and concludes with a passion whose dramatic simplicity is enthralling.”—Stathis Gourgouris “Promises a study of defeat in the Hardy tradition…”-Los Angeles  Times An “exquisite novelist…”-M.J. Politis, The New York Times "the greatest  Modern Greek prose writer” -Milan Kundera "The 'saint' of modern Greek letters...Papadiamantis  wrote with graphic realism and unequalled passion..." -Times Literary Supplement “It is books such asThe Murderesswhich remind us of the miraculous nature of prose  fiction.” -Gabriel Josipovichi "Papadiamantis's characters portray in miniature  the eternal passions of man-jealousies, loves, ambitions, hatred, murders, and misfortunes-in  an almost hieratic movement, like the rhythm of a chorus in tragedy, scarcely perceptible  but sufficient to suggest the deeper, the pure nature of the world. Therein lies  the magic of Papadiamantis." -Odysseus Elytis “An excellent opportunity for those  who do not read Greek to sample a novel from the pen of one of Greece's finest modern  prose writers…a powerful and disturbing story which will haunt you.” -Greek Review  International “Alexandros Papadiamantis is Greece's foremost prose writer. In his  novellas and stories he presents a universal picture through the microcosm of the  tight-knit society of a Greek village on a remote island. Papadiamantis is a clear-eyed  realist, but woven into his stories are village magic, vestiges of myth and ancient  lore, and the dour superstitions that governed the daily life of the Greek peasant.  His plots are at times touched by a magic realism reminiscent of Márquez.” -Peter  Constantine,Conjunctions