Three Summers

With a new introduction by Polly Samson, Sunday Times bestselling author of A THEATRE FOR DREAMERS br>br>''Gorgeous... the written equivalent of lying in the sun eating figs'' India Knight, Sunday Timesbr>br>''That summer we bought big straw hats. Maria''s had cherries around the rim, Infanta''s had forget-me-nots, and mine had poppies as red as fire. . .''br>br>Three Summers is a warm and tender tale of three sisters growing up in the countryside near Athens before the Second World War. Living in a ramshackle old house with their divorced mother are flirtatious, hot-headed Maria, beautiful but distant Infanta, and dreamy and rebellious Katerina, through whose eyes the story is mostly observed. Over three summers, the girls share and keep secrets, fall in and out of love, try to understand the strange ways of adults and decide what kind of adults they hope to become.br>br>''The sun has disappeared from books these days... You are one of those who pass it on'' Albert Camus to Margarita Liberaki br>br>''The literary equivalent of a sun-soaked holiday in Greece'' Culture Whisperbr>br>''A leisurely, large-hearted coming-of-age novel, earthy and innocent, nostalgic and beautifully rendered'' Kirkusbr>br>''A dreamy, cinematic tapestry of Greek village life'' NPR>

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The written equivalent of lying in the sun eating figs. I liked it much more than Elena Ferrante's books, but that's the general ballpark, except jollier. As Polly Samson writes in the preface, it brings to mind I Capture the Castle. Gorgeous India Knight Sunday Times

Product details

• Authors: Margarita Liberaki
• Assisted by: Victoria Hislop (Introduction), Karen Van Dyck (Translation), Karen Van Dyck (Translation)
• Publisher: Viking
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.05.2021
• EAN: 9780241475065
• ISBN: 978-0-241-47506-5
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Series: Penguin European Writers
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / Historical / General, FICTION / Women, Fiction in translation, FICTION / Small Town & Rural, Greece, Family life fiction, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, c 1919 to c 1939 (Inter-war period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period)