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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
W W Norton & Co Inc
Publication date
April 1, 1983
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9780904613940
ISBN-10
0904613941
Availability§
Out of Print
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$13.95
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Depressed by the hopelessness of women's lives, Jannis Frankissa, an elderly Greek woman, is driven to murder young girls
Amazon.com description: Product Description: 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 womenâs 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: thereâs nothing worse than being born a woman, and thereâs something that she, Hadoula, can do about that.
Peter Leviâs matchless translation of Alexandros Papadiamantisâs astonishing novella captures the excitement and haunting poetry of the original Greek.
Peter Leviâs matchless translation of Alexandros Papadiamantisâs astonishing novella captures the excitement and haunting poetry of the original Greek.
Editions
Hardcover
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from W W Norton & Co Inc (April 1, 1983)
9780904613940 | details & prices | List price $13.95
About: Depressed by the hopelessness of women's lives, Jannis Frankissa, an elderly Greek woman, is driven to murder young girls
About: Depressed by the hopelessness of women's lives, Jannis Frankissa, an elderly Greek woman, is driven to murder young girls
Paperback
from Natl Book Network (April 1, 1987)
9780906495728 | details & prices | List price $5.95
About: Depressed by the hopelessness of women's lives, Jannis Frankissa, an elderly Greek woman, is driven to murder young girls
About: Depressed by the hopelessness of women's lives, Jannis Frankissa, an elderly Greek woman, is driven to murder young girls
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