. . . 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 Marq ez and Luigi Pirandello, Vassilis 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.