
Dendrites
by Kallia Papadaki
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Pub Date 3 Sep 2024 | Archive Date 3 Sep 2024
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Description
Winner of the 2017 European Union Prize for Literature for readers of Min Jin Lee and The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
When young Minnie is orphaned, the Campanis family decides to take her in. Ex-hippie Susan and her husband Basil, a second-generation Greek American, along with their daughter Leto react to Minnie’s arrival in ways that make old family scars flare up again. Set in crisis-ridden 1980s Camden, New Jersey, among a community of immigrants trying and failing to realize the American dream, Dendrites is a poetical elegy to dignity and courage. In this sensitively told story about the quest for a meaningful life amid the ruins of lost second chances, Kallia Papadaki, one of Greek literature’s most brilliant voices, delivers an unforgettable novel about the power of hope and compassion in the face of adversity.
Advance Praise
Praise for Dendrites
“What possibilities do individuals really have when they find themselves in devastating conditions? This question, of Kafkaesque extraction, unites the lives of the characters who inhabit this extraordinary novel. Marginality is not a choice, but a circumstance and a fatality, and Kallia Papadaki explores these margins in the lives of Greek emigrants with profound insight and empathy. The result is a wise and sensitive novel, but not only that, because Kallia is a virtuoso in the art of storytelling, which is increasingly a rarity these days. The result is a cohesive novel, with highly elaborate literary language and a perfect narrative structure. And whose characters shake us to the core.” —RONALDO MENÉNDEZ
“The winner of the 2017 European Union Prize for Literature vindicates the multiplicity of female voices in European literature, who are often silenced by a lack of translation into other EU languages.” —Vogue
“A novel about disillusion and everyday failures.” —ELLE
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Available Editions
EDITION | Other Format |
ISBN | 9781642861365 |
PRICE | US$19.99 (USD) |
PAGES | 240 |
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