I'd Like (Dalkey Greek Literature) (Dalkey Greek Literature)
Contributors: Karen Emmerich (Translator)
Edition: First English Translation edition
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Pr; Dalkey Archive Press
Published: April 10, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781564784933
Subjects: Modern fiction; Fiction; Fiction - General; Short Stories (single author); Literature & Fiction / Short Stories; Contemporary Women; Family Life; Literary
Description: "An aging writer, fragile and flawed. A father trying to win back the daughters he has lost. A mother trying on her daughter's pointe shoes when no one else is home. Two sisters in their eighties, sharing a home after decades spent apart."

"The thirteen short stories that make up Amanda Michalopoulou's I'd Like read like versions of an unwritten novel: each riveting tale resonates with the others, and yet a sense of their connectedness remains tantalizingly out of grasp. Instead, we are presented with a kaleidoscope of characters and events, signs and emotions, linked by the uncanny repetition of certain details: blossoming almond trees, red berets, bleeding feet, accidents small and large. Michalopoulou's characters are both patently fictitious and profoundly real, as they move through a world in which even the smallest of everyday occurrences can take on enormous significance.

Engagingly fresh in its approach, I'd Like offers a touching, utterly unique reading experience from one of Greece's most innovative young storytellers."--Jacket.