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Ένα κορίτσι με πλούσια φαντασία ξεκινάει από έναν παραμυθένιο κόσμο για να βρεθεί γρήγορα μπλεγμένη με θύελλες οικογενειακές, πολεμικές, κοινωνικές.
"Τ' όνομά μου είναι Αλίκη Μάγη. Μα αν βιάζομαι να σας συστηθώ δεν πάει να πει πως είμαι και η κεντρική ηρωίδα. Μια αφηγήτρια είμαι. Οι ήρωες είναι πολλοί και ο καθένας προβάλλει με την ώρα του, γέννημα θρέμμα της ταραγμένης του εποχής."
"Τ' όνομά μου είναι Αλίκη Μάγη. Μα αν βιάζομαι να σας συστηθώ δεν πάει να πει πως είμαι και η κεντρική ηρωίδα. Μια αφηγήτρια είμαι. Οι ήρωες είναι πολλοί και ο καθένας προβάλλει με την ώρα του, γέννημα θρέμμα της ταραγμένης του εποχής."
245 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1995
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Dido Sotiriou
15 books141 followersDido Sotiriou (Greek: Διδώ Σωτηρίου) was born in Aϊdini of Asia minor, in 1909, the daughter of Evangelos Pappas and Marianthi Papadopoulou.
In 1919 she moved with her family to Smyrni (Izmir) but following the destruction of 1922 she fled to Greece. In Athens she completed her general education having as teachers the then literary figures Kostas Paroritis and Sophia Mayroeidis-Papadakis amongst others. She studied at the French Institute of Athens and in 1937 she briefly attended a course in French Literature at the University of Sorbonnis.
In 1936 she officially turned to professionally practicing Journalism. She worked for the magazine “Gynaika” (Woman) (as editor-in-chief) and then went on to work for newspapers “Neos Kosmos” (New World) and “Rizospastis” (The Revolutionist) (again as editor-in-chief from 1944), while during the duration of the German Occupation collaborating with Melpo Aksioti, Elli Alexiou, Elli Pappa, Titika Damaskinou, Elektra Apostolou, Chrysa Chatzivasileiou and other Greek women who were members of the Resistance.
In 1935 she took part in the congress of the Comity in Geneva, where she met Vladimir Ilyich Lenin’s comrade Alexandra Mikhailovna "Shura" Kollontai and in 1945 she took part in the founding congress of the Women’s International Democratic Federation in Paris.
She first appeared on the literary scene in 1959 with the publication of her first novel “Oi Nekroi Perimenoyn” (The Dead Await). Her works have been translated into many foreign languages.
Dido Sotiriou belongs to the Greek novelists of the 1920-1940 eras. Her work moves in the planes of realism with the presence of the self biographical element strong and the emotional participation of the author in the adventures of her protagonists. Her material is derived from the Asia Minor Disaster, the Civil War period and the period after the Civil War in Greece.
With “Matomena Chomata” (published as Farewell,Anatolia in English) Sotiriou initiated her course towards a style of writing that combined fiction with her own distinct way of examining her issues from a historical aspect.
A course which continued and bled into her next two novels “Entoli” (The Command) which had as a theme the case of Mpelogiannis and “Katedafizometha” (Shattered).
She died in 2004.
In 1919 she moved with her family to Smyrni (Izmir) but following the destruction of 1922 she fled to Greece. In Athens she completed her general education having as teachers the then literary figures Kostas Paroritis and Sophia Mayroeidis-Papadakis amongst others. She studied at the French Institute of Athens and in 1937 she briefly attended a course in French Literature at the University of Sorbonnis.
In 1936 she officially turned to professionally practicing Journalism. She worked for the magazine “Gynaika” (Woman) (as editor-in-chief) and then went on to work for newspapers “Neos Kosmos” (New World) and “Rizospastis” (The Revolutionist) (again as editor-in-chief from 1944), while during the duration of the German Occupation collaborating with Melpo Aksioti, Elli Alexiou, Elli Pappa, Titika Damaskinou, Elektra Apostolou, Chrysa Chatzivasileiou and other Greek women who were members of the Resistance.
In 1935 she took part in the congress of the Comity in Geneva, where she met Vladimir Ilyich Lenin’s comrade Alexandra Mikhailovna "Shura" Kollontai and in 1945 she took part in the founding congress of the Women’s International Democratic Federation in Paris.
She first appeared on the literary scene in 1959 with the publication of her first novel “Oi Nekroi Perimenoyn” (The Dead Await). Her works have been translated into many foreign languages.
Dido Sotiriou belongs to the Greek novelists of the 1920-1940 eras. Her work moves in the planes of realism with the presence of the self biographical element strong and the emotional participation of the author in the adventures of her protagonists. Her material is derived from the Asia Minor Disaster, the Civil War period and the period after the Civil War in Greece.
With “Matomena Chomata” (published as Farewell,Anatolia in English) Sotiriou initiated her course towards a style of writing that combined fiction with her own distinct way of examining her issues from a historical aspect.
A course which continued and bled into her next two novels “Entoli” (The Command) which had as a theme the case of Mpelogiannis and “Katedafizometha” (Shattered).
She died in 2004.
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May 20, 2020
Βιβλίο που από την "παιδική" μου βιβλιοθήκη παρέμεινε και στην ενήλικη.
Προτεινόμενο από πολλούς ανάγνωσμα για παιδιά Δημοτικού η Γυμνασίου. Εμένα με άγγιξε ως παιδί. Θυμάμαι επίσης πόση εντύπωση που είχε κάνει το εξώφυλλο. Τα έργα της Διδούς Σωτηρίου ειδικά αυτά που αφορούν την Μικρασιατική καταστροφή και τον ξεριζωμό είναι μικρά αριστουργήματα.
Προτεινόμενο από πολλούς ανάγνωσμα για παιδιά Δημοτικού η Γυμνασίου. Εμένα με άγγιξε ως παιδί. Θυμάμαι επίσης πόση εντύπωση που είχε κάνει το εξώφυλλο. Τα έργα της Διδούς Σωτηρίου ειδικά αυτά που αφορούν την Μικρασιατική καταστροφή και τον ξεριζωμό είναι μικρά αριστουργήματα.
April 1, 2018
Δεν έχω λόγια να περιγράψω το πόσο με αγγίζει πάντα η γραφή και η θεματολογία της κα.Σωτηρίου. Συστήνω ανεπιφύλακτα και αυτό της το βιβλίο. Κυλάει γρήγορα, σε συγκλονίζει, σφίγγει την καρδιά σου μιας και ξέρεις ότι υπάρχει μεγάλη δόση αλήθειας πίσω από όλα αυτά που περιγράφει η συγγραφέας.
"Τί μου κάνατε! Τί μου κάνατε! Κι ένας στρατιώτης της είπε ελληνικά, ενώ κούμπωνε τη στολή του : <<Σου σπείραμε δέκα τουρκάκια στην κοιλιά. Κι όταν φυτρώσουν μας οιδοποιάς. Έτσι κάναν κι οι δικοί σας στις κόρες και τις γυναίκες μας...>>" (σελίδα 210)
"Τί μου κάνατε! Τί μου κάνατε! Κι ένας στρατιώτης της είπε ελληνικά, ενώ κούμπωνε τη στολή του : <<Σου σπείραμε δέκα τουρκάκια στην κοιλιά. Κι όταν φυτρώσουν μας οιδοποιάς. Έτσι κάναν κι οι δικοί σας στις κόρες και τις γυναίκες μας...>>" (σελίδα 210)
September 16, 2025
Η συγγραφέας αφηγείται την ιστορία της οικογένειάς της από το Αϊδίνι στη Σμύρνη και από τη Σμύρνη στην Αθήνα μέσα από τα παιδικά της μάτια. Παρόλο που τα γεγονότα που περιγράφει, τόσο τα προσωπικά όσο και τα ιστορικοπολιτικά, είναι στενάχωρα, διαβάζεται εύκολα και ευχάριστα. Θα το σύστηνα και σε ενήλικες και σε παιδιά άνω των 12 χρονών και για να μπορούν να καταλάβουν το ιστορικό πλαίσιο αλλά και γιατί περιλαμβάνονται κάποιες βίαιες σκηνές.
January 22, 2023
It is a great book to get into Dido Sotiriou's writing. It had some scenes that almost made me cry.
August 18, 2023
A well written, sad read. 4,5*
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