Niki
Christos Chomenidis
Jun 2023 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by Katherine Anderson
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A resilient Greek woman recounts her and her family's extraordinary story at the end of her life, marked by the great historical events of the twentieth century. Born in 1938, Niki, the daughter of the deputy secretary general of the Greek Communist Party, is swept up in turmoil before her first birthday: her parents are arrested, and she joins her mother in exile on an island near Santorini. Growing up, she experiences the Italian and German invasion, the Nazi occupation, and the civil war that came after, often caught between her socialist values and those of the right-wing establishment, to which half her relatives belong. Through her memories and the stories of her family, with roots on both coasts of the Aegean Sea, Niki also tells the history of Greece and Asia Minor from the late nineteenth century to the middle of the twentieth. Her remarkable tales, full of humor and verve in spite of hardship, are populated by working-class heroes, privileged elites, daring revolutionaries, and free-spirited bohemians.
About the author
Christos Chomenidis was born in Athens, Greece. He has hosted his own nationally broadcast radio show, written scripts for cinema and television, and writes a column for Greece's largest newspaper, Ta Nea. His novel Niki won the 2021 European Book Prize, and his works have been translated into numerous languages.
Patricia Felisa Barbeito is professor of American literatures at the Rhode Island School of Design and an award-winning translator of modern Greek fiction and poetry. Her shorter translations have appeared in PEN/America, Asymptote Blog, Words Without Borders, Catapult, InTranslation, and Exchanges.
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