Zigzag through the bitter-orange trees
By: by Ersi Sotiropoulos ; translated from the Greek by Peter Green.
Contributors: Green, Peter, 1924-
Publisher: Interlink Books
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Northampton, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781566566612
Work titles: Zig-zag stis nerantzies.
Description: "Zigzag through the Bitter-Orange Trees weaves together the stories of four disparate young people in modern Greece: Lia, dying in the hospital from a mysterious virus; her brother Sid, the disaffected wanderer, her only remaining connection to the outside world; Lia's nurse Sotiris, an unstable blend of cowardice and desire; and the twelve-year-old rebel Nina, who dreams to break away from the humdrum life around her. Their four voices mingle in a black comedy of isolation and yearning, illusion and vengeance and the hunger for connection. With disarming power, Sotiropoulos portrays the conflicted world of the young - passionate and cynical, beautiful and grotesque."--Jacket.