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Alexandros Papadiamantis

    March 4, 1851 – January 3, 1911

    Alexandros Papadiamantis was an influential Greek novelist and short-story writer whose work deeply explores the lives of ordinary people. His narratives frequently draw inspiration from his native island of Skiathos, which becomes a vivid backdrop for his stories. He captures the atmosphere, customs, and spiritual life of the island community with great sensitivity, focusing on the daily struggles and joys of the poor. Papadiamantis's style is characterized by its poetic beauty and strong sense of detail, allowing readers to fully immerse themselves in his evocative descriptions.

    Τα παιδικά
    Πολιτικά διηγήματα
    Die Heilige Nacht auf dem Berg
    Wunschtraum in den Wellen
    The Murderess
    • 2022

      Liebe als treibende Kraft, der Tod allgegenwärtig im Meer und am Horizont des Daseins: Bei den Menschen auf Skiathos fügen sich elementare Erfahrungen zu einem berührenden Panorama persönlicher und sozialer Schicksale im Griechenland des 19. Jahrhunderts. Im Mittelpunkt stets Frauen, deren Schönheit, Liebes- und Standvermögen der feinfühlige Psychologe Papadiamantis in einer irisierenden Sprache huldigt. Die sechs Meistererzählungen des Bandes wollen so gar nicht zu den Klischees des heutigen Inseltourismus passen. Auch der Mikrokosmos der entlegenen Sporadeninsel vereint in sich, was überall auf dieser Welt geschieht: große Gefühle, grenzwertiges Handeln, dramatische und komische Verhält- nisse sowie tröstliche Entwicklungen.

      Wunschtraum in den Wellen
    • 2001
    • 1997
    • 1995

      The Murderess is a bone-chilling tale of crime and punishment with the dark beauty of a backwoods ballad. Set on the dirt-poor Aegean island of Skiathos, it is the story of Hadoula, an old woman living on the margins of society and at the outer limits of respectability. Hadoula knows about herbs and their hidden properties, and women come to her when they need help. She knows women’s secrets and she knows the misery of their lives, and as the book begins, she is trying to stop her new-born granddaughter from crying so that her daughter can at last get a little sleep. She rocks the baby and rocks her and then the terrible truth hits her: there’s nothing worse than being born a woman, and there’s something that she, Hadoula, can do about that. Peter Levi’s matchless translation of Alexandros Papadiamantis’s astonishing novella captures the excitement and haunting poetry of the original Greek.

      The Murderess