The Mermaid Madonna

by Stratis Myrivilis

Book Overview

Set in the island of Lesbos this book gives an extraordinary, subtle, and haunting picture of Greek island life, its beauty and its suffering; its vitality and its tragic view of the world. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0000CKEDD
• Release Date: January 1959
• Publisher: Crowell
• Length: 287 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

An Amazing Novel

Immerse yourself in the magic of life on a greek island where the Virgin Mary, to whom the local church is dedicated, takes a mystical interest in the villager's lives and appears to influence Love, death, pain and happiness. This is a story that is reminiscent of the Latin American Magic Realism writers. You can call it a Greek version of that genre. Highly recommended.