My last lament
(Book)
Author
Published
New York, New York : Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780399583407, 0399583408, 9780399586804, 0399586806
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 24 cm
Status
Central Library - Adult Fiction - Main Level - Fiction Area
BROWN,J
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Published
New York, New York : Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780399583407, 0399583408, 9780399586804, 0399586806
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-339).
Description
Aliki is one of the last of her kind, a lamenter who mourns and celebrates the passing of life. She is a part of an evolving Greece, a country moving steadily away from its rural traditions. To capture the fading folk art of lamenting, an American researcher asks Aliki to record her laments, but in response, Aliki sings her own story. It begins in a village in northeast Greece, where Aliki witnesses the occupying Nazi soldiers execute her father for stealing a squash. Taken in by her friend Takis's mother, Aliki is joined by a Jewish refugee and her son, Stelios. When the village is torched and its people massacred, Aliki, Takis and Stelios are able to excape just as the war is ending. Fleeing across the chaotic landscape of a postwar Greece, the three become a makeshift family. They're bound by friendship and grief, but torn apart by betrayal, madness and heartbreak. Through Aliki's powerful voice, an unforgettable one that blends light and dark with wry humor, this book delivers a fitting eulogy to a way of life and provides a vivid portrait of a timeless Greek woman whose story of love and loss is eternal.--,from dust jacket.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Brown, J. W. (2017). My last lament (First edition.). Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Brown, James William, 1942-. 2017. My Last Lament. Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Brown, James William, 1942-. My Last Lament Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Brown, James William. My Last Lament First edition., Berkley, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2017.
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