The Archeologist and Selected Sea Stories by Andreas Karkavitsas Paperback Book 9780143136248

A landmark selection of the works one of the greatest Greek writers of the twentieth centuryStripped of their ancestral lands and persecuted by other proud dynasties the once illustrious Eumorphopoulos family have been brought low But when their rivals begin to falter two Eumorphopoulos brothers Aristodemus and Dimitrakis resolve to restore their lines ancient glory Yet they disagree about the best path forward do they look to the ancient past to longlost language and culture or to the ideology and technology of the present The Archeologist Andreas Karkavitsas masterpiece is at once a powerful allegory for the questions facing Greek nationalism at the turn of the century as well as a vision of Europe that conceived on the precipice of the First World War now resounds with tragedyAlso included in this edition are a selection of sea tales folk stories told to Karakvitas by sailors fishermen and spongedivers during his travels in the Mediterranean Staples of Greek literature these four sea stories are considered some of Karakvitsas greatest achievements