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Apartment in Athens

Glenway Wescott

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Apartment in Athens concerns an unusual triangular relationship. In this story about a Greek couple in Nazi-occupied Athens who are forced to share their quarters with a German officer, Wescott stages a drama of accommodation and rejection, resistance and compulsion. Apartment in Athens depicts a great and terrible war through the lens of everyday existence. It is a tale of spiritual struggle in which triumph and defeat are next to impossible to tell apart.

Language: English

Pages: 268

Format: Paperback

Publisher: NYRB Classics

Release: April 28, 2004

ISBN: 1590170814

ISBN 13: 9781590170816

Apartment in Athens

Glenway Wescott

3.6/5 ( ratings)

Apartment in Athens concerns an unusual triangular relationship. In this story about a Greek couple in Nazi-occupied Athens who are forced to share their quarters with a German officer, Wescott stages a drama of accommodation and rejection, resistance and compulsion. Apartment in Athens depicts a great and terrible war through the lens of everyday existence. It is a tale of spiritual struggle in which triumph and defeat are next to impossible to tell apart.

Language: English

Pages: 268

Format: Paperback

Publisher: NYRB Classics

Release: April 28, 2004

ISBN: 1590170814

ISBN 13: 9781590170816

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