Specifications
- Pages:
- 64
- Format:
- paperback, 5' x 8'
- Language:
- English
- ISBN:
- 9781105940019
- Category:
- Christmas / Holiday Fiction
- Publication Year:
- 2025
Description
“Christmas Tales by Alexandros Papadiamantis” presents three evocative stories translated and adapted by Elena Crociani — transporting readers into the rustic villages and wintry seas of 19th-century Greece.
In “The Lazy Man’s Christmas,” a comic misadventure belies deeper loneliness and longing; “The Stalk-Gleaner” follows a widow enduring poverty with quiet dignity; and “The Hidden Cove” plunges into a sailor’s night of peril, where winter’s sea tests courage and fate.
Rendered with lyrical sensitivity, these translations preserve Papadiamantis’s compassionate gaze and celebrate the dignity of the marginalized. Poignant, atmospheric, and timeless — this collection is a holiday read for anyone touched by hardship, hope, and the quiet miracles of ordinary lives.
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