Bøger af Alexandros Papadiamantis

To thío páthos apotelí yia ton Papadiamánti émpnefsi yia ton trópo drásis ton anthrópon, kathós kai ododíkti tis sinolikís tous simperiphorás kai pístis. Sti silloyí ton Paskhalinón tou Diiyimáton, simío anaphorás ínai pántote i iméres tou Páskha kai tou thíou drámatos, yia na phanerothoún antilípsis, íthi kai anomolóyites práxis stin epiphánia!

I pnevmatikótita tou Papadiamánti ton parothí sto na existorísi istoríes yia ton ánthropo kai ta páthi tou. Apokalípti tin trayikótita sto kathimerinó kai to eftelés, to diakhronikó sto epíkairo. Sti silloyí diiyimáton "Protokhroniátikes Istoríes," to plaísio pou exelíssontai i istoríes emphorítai apó thriskeftikótita kai evokhía yia o laó, i íroes ómos dokimázontai kai sikhná ipokíptoun stous póthous kai tis adinamíes tous!

To íphos tou Papadiamánti mas metadídi ti thriskeftikótita kai tin énthi mistagoyía me anaphorá sta kímena kai to tipikó tis ekklisías. I prototipía tou ínai óti to epitinkháni me iliká ti litótita, tin aploïkótita kai to íthos ton prosópon tou laoú. I íroés tous ínai stigmatisméni kai atelís, pou ipovállontai sto dráma tis íparxis, me tin piitikótita tis graphís na ipervaíni tis anánges tis perigraphís kai tis pezographías!

I Yiphtopoúla, to tríto katá sirán kai teleftaío - prin ton aporrophísi diladí oristiká i diiyimatographía - mithistórima tou Aléxandrou Papadiamánti (1851-1911), dimosiéftike se sinékhies stin ephimerída Akrópoli tou Vlási Gavriilídi (21. 4-11. 10. 1884). Me to érgo aftó o Papadiamántis kérdise oristiká tin agápi tou megálou kinoú kai edraíose tin ektímisi pros aftón tou pnevmatikoú kósmou tis khóras. I drási topothetítai sti Lakonikí katá tis paramonés tis Álosis tis Pólis kai ékhi os pirína tis ton érota tis Aïmás kai tou Mákhtou. To kentrikó ostóso prósopo tou érgou ínai o Yeóryios Yemistós í Plíthon, o megálos ethnikós philósophos tou IE' aióna, kai dípla se aftón kinoúntai, se déftero pláno, álles istorikés morphés tis sintaraktikís ekínis epokhís tou télous tis aftokratorías, ópos o Yeóryios Skholários kai o kardinálios Vissaríon. To érgo ostóso polí perissótero apó thrinodía yia tin Álosi ínai, paradóxos, ímnos yia to arkhaío kállos.

"I Metanástis" (1879), to próto érgo tou Aléxandrou Papadiamánti (1851-1911), ínai mia dramatikí erotikí istoría. I Marína, pou kháni sti Massalía mána kai patéra katá ton phoveró limó tou 1720, metaphéretai asphalís apó ton Zénno sti Smírni, tin patrída tis. O Zénnos ínai erotevménos me ti Marína, i opía, mólis sinélthi apó ti simphorá pou ti vríke, tha antapokrithí ston érotá tou. I dío néi arravoniázontai, o gámos ómos den tha yíni poté. I plektáni pou exiphaíni enantíon tis Marínas i antípali erotikí plevrá tha tin odiyísi teliká sto thánato kai ton Zénno stin exaphánisi apó prosópou yis.

Written near the turn of the century, these works speak today in ways both remarkable and familiar.

The Murderess is a bone-chilling tale of crime and punishment with the dark beauty of a backwoods ballad. Set on the dirt-poor Aegean island of Skiathos, it is the story of Hadoula, an old woman living on the margins of society and at the outer limits of respectability. Hadoula knows about herbs and their hidden properties, and women come to her when they need help. She knows women's secrets and she knows the misery of their lives, and as the book begins, she is trying to stop her new-born granddaughter from crying so that her daughter can at last get a little sleep. She rocks the baby and rocks her and then the terrible truth hits her: there's nothing worse than being born a woman, and there's something that she, Hadoula, can do about that.Peter Levi's matchless translation of Alexandros Papadiamantis's astonishing novella captures the excitement and haunting poetry of the original Greek.