Something will happen, you'll see

The Resource Something will happen, you'll see
Label
Something will happen, you'll see
Statement of responsibility
Christos Ikonomou ; translated from Greek by Karen Emmerich
Title variation
Something will happen, youll see
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  • eng
  • gre
  • eng
Summary
Ikonomou's stories convey the plight of those worst affected by the Greek economic crisis -- laid-off workers, hungry children. In the urban sprawl between Athens and Piraeus, the narratives roam restlessly through the impoverished working-class quarters located off the tourist routes. Everyone is dreaming of escape: to the mountains, to an island or a palatial estate, into a Hans Christian Andersen story world. What are they fleeing? The old woes -- gossip, watchful neighbours, the oppression and indifference of the rich -- now made infinitely worse. In Ikonomou's concrete streets, the rain is always looming, the politicians' slogans are ignored, and the police remain a violent, threatening presence offstage. Yet even at the edge of destitution, his men and women act for themselves, trying to preserve what little solidarity remains in a deeply atomised society, and in one way or another finding their own voice. There is faith here, deep faith -- though little or none in those who habitually ask for it
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Cataloging source
DLC
Dewey number
889.34
Index
no index present
Language note
Translated from the Greek
Literary form
short stories
Target audience
adult
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