Panos Karnezis' remarkable stories are all set in the same nameless Greek village. His characters are the people who live there - the priest, the barber, the whore, the doctor, the seamstress, the mayor - and the occasional animal: a centaur, a parrot that recites Homer, a horse called History. Their lives intersect, as lives do in a small place, and they know each other's secrets - the hidden crimes, the mysteries, the little infamies that men commit. Karnezis observes his villagers with a forgiving eye, and creates a world where magic invariably loses out to harsh reality, a world at once universal, funny and utterly compelling.
| ISBN: | 9780099433521 |
| Publication date: | 1st May 2003 |
| Author: | Panos Karnezis |
| Publisher: | Vintage an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 278 pages |
| Genres: |
Shorter Reads Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
Panos Karnezis' remarkable stories are all set in the same nameless Greek village. His characters are the people who live there - the priest, the barber, the whore, the doctor, the seamstress, the mayor - and the occasional animal: a centaur, a parrot that recites Homer, a horse called History. Their lives intersect, as lives do in a small place, and they know each other's secrets - the hidden crimes, the mysteries, the little infamies that men commit. Karnezis observes his villagers with a forgiving eye, and creates a world where magic invariably loses out to harsh reality, a world at once universal, funny and utterly compelling.
Little Infamies features in the following genres: Shorter Reads, Modern and Contemporary Fiction
Little Infamies is available in Paperback
Little Infamies was written by Panos Karnezis and published by Vintage an imprint of Random House
Little Infamies has 278 pages