The Greek Epic 1940-1941

''...This cronicle of war, entitled THE GREEK EPIC 1940-1941 was written by Angelos Terzakis (one of the most influential Greek novelists) at the request of the Hellenic Army General Staff in 1964. He was perhaps the most suitable of all Greek writers and intellectuals to undertake such a work. Firstly, he had experienced at first hand the war of tiny Greece against the mighty Axis, with all the handships (including serious effects on his health) that the front reserved for those simple yet courageous fighters. And secondly, the war, the front, and his experience of them, together with the whole ideological dimension of the stuggle of 1940-41, constituted the motivating force in many of the works later published b Terzakis, distinguishing him as one of the major prose-writers of the century...''

(from the foreword of the book)

''The present book lays claims to the strictest historical truth; it does not pretend, however, to be historically exhaustive. It is not an academic work. Written as it is, moreover. by someone who was fortunate enough to experience the tragic atmosphere of the battle-front, it contemptuously disregards every profane fiction, every indiscreet intermingling of the romantic. The campaign of 1940-41 is in itself more than rich enough in content to need any further stage-directing...''

(from the author's preface to the first edition) 

Author: Angelos Terzakis

Translated by: David Conolly

Publisher: Hellenic Army General Staff  (1990)

Description: 180 pages,  Paperback, 237 mm x 170 mm, map. Full english text.

Condition: GOOD.

Shipping weight: 450 gr.