Fool's Gold
by Maro Douka
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"Myrsini Panayotou, an Athenian girl about to start university, learns of the coup d'etat that brought to power the infamous dictatorship of the "Colonels" in her country in the early hours of Friday, 21st April 1967. The child of a well-to-do family, Myrsini enthusiastically joins the underground resistance, making common cause with a varied cast of characters from backgrounds very different from her own. After an early failed love affair she gets engaged to George, a political prisoner, show more only to find her human instincts increasingly difficult to reconcile with her idealistic philosophy once he is released. The story moves towards its climax as Myrsini becomes involved in the bloody events of 17th November 1973, when tanks were used to evict students from the Athens Polytechnic. At the same time the fortunes of Myrsini's family form a backdrop at once touching and bizarre to an impressionable girl's unflinching search for a true identity, both for herself and for her country."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved show lessTags
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- Canonical title
- Fool's Gold
- Original title
- Η αρχαία σκουριά; Ουράνια μηχανική
- Original publication date
- 1979; 1999
- Dedication
- for Nikos
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- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 889.334 — Literature & rhetoric Classical & modern Greek literatures Modern Greek literature Fiction 20th century 1945-1999
- LCC
- PA5615 .O79 .A8713 — Language and Literature Greek language and literature. Latin language and literature Byzantine and modern Greek literature Individual authors
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