. . . and Dreams Are Dreams: Vassilikos

by Vassilis Vassilikos

Book Overview

Greece's most acclaimed living novelist gives us a magical realist portrait of contemporary Europe and contemporary Europeans. Here are seven tales that explore the themes of materialism, post Cold War politics, love, religious faith, and the power of imagination. In the tradition of Gabriel Garc a M rquez and Luigi Pirandello, Vassilikos writes of the fantasies within reality, the spirit in existence, and the art within life.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1888363002
• ISBN13: 9781888363005
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Superb

There is a beauty in his words unsurpassed even by Beckett himself. The reader is lifted to the stratosphere for pages on end, and then lovingly reeled back in by the author's kite-strings. Again up, and again down. Meant to be read softly outloud with someone you love.