Eleni

Eleni

by NicholasGage (Author)

Synopsis

This is the biography of a woman who was arrested, tortured and shot in 1948 because she had helped her children to escape the Communist guerrillas during the Greek Civil War. Nicholas Gage, then aged eight eventually reached America where he became one of the New York Times' best investigative reporters.He returned to Greece as its chief correspondent in 1977, where he reconstructed his mother's life and death. He is the author of two novels and of "Hellas: A Portrait of Greece". He co-produced the film "Eleni" directed by Peter Yates.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 640
Edition: 1
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 03 Apr 1997

ISBN 10: 1860463460
ISBN 13: 9781860463464
Book Overview: 'Not only a son's poignant memorial to his dead mother but an important work of history' - Observer

Media Reviews
A devoted and brilliant achievement. One of the rare books in which the power of art recreates the historical truth * New York Review of Books *
Exciting and harrowing... An amazing achievement -- Patrick Leigh Fermor
I cannot think of another book that so compellingly demonstrates the gradual deterioration of human values in the name of lofty goals. Minutely observed and eloquently rendered * New York Times *
Author Bio
Nicholas Gage was born in Greece and emigrated to the United States ten years later. He was an investigative reporter and foreign correspondent for the New York Times when he wrote Eleni, working as their bureau chief in Athens. It was published in 1983 and went on to win the Royal Society for Literature's Heinemann Award for the best book of the year in 1984. Eleni became a bestseller all over the world and was made into a feature film.