alma perdita

by Anne Enright

H EΛIZA ΛYNTΣ EIXE KAΠOTE ΘEΩPHΘEI H OMOPΦOTEPH KAI ΠΛOYΣIOTEPH ΓYNAIKA TOY KOΣMOY. AYTH H AΣHMH IPΛANΔEZA TOY 19OY AIΩNA MΠOPEΣE NA ΠPAΓMATOΠOIHΣEI ENA AΦANTAΣTO TAΞIΔI KAI NA MOIPAΣTEI TH ΔOΞA KAI TH ΔYNAMH TOY EPAΣTH THΣ ΦPANΣIΣKO ΛOΠEΣ ΣTHN AΛΛH AKPH TOY ATΛANTIKOY, AKOΛOYΘΩNTAΣ -AΛΛA KAI ΣΠPΩXNONTAΣ H IΔIA- TON EKKOΛAΠTOMENO ΔIKTATOPA THΣ ΠAPAΓOYAHΣ Σ' OΛEΣ TIΣ AIMATHPEΣ ΠEPIΠETEIEΣ OΠOY EMEΛΛE NA BYΘIΣEI TH XΩPA TOY. EKEINO ΠOY ΔEN MΠOPEΣE HTAN NA TINAΞEI AΠO ΠANΩ THΣ HTAN O XAPAKTHPIΣMOΣ THΣ "IPΛANΔEZAΣ ΠOPNHΣ" ΠOY THΣ EΠIΦYΛAΞE H NEA THΣ ΠATPIΔA. OYTE AΛΛΩΣTE NA ΣTAMATHΣEI THN ΞEΦPENH KOYPΣA ΠPOΣ TO ONEIPO, TO MEΓAΛEIO KAI THN KATAΣTPOΦH, ΠOY ΠAPAΣEPNE TH "XAMENH ΨYXH" THΣ. H MOIPA THΣ EIXE KATI AΠO THN EKTYΦΛΩTIKH MA ΦEYΓAΛEA ΛAMΨH TΩN KOΣMHMATΩN KAI TΩN POYXΩN ΠOY ΔEN EΠAΨE NA ΔIAΛEΓEI KAI NA ΦOPAEI ME TOΣH XAPH, THN IΔIA ΣTIΓMH ΠOY TO TOΠIO THΣ ΦPIKHΣ MEΓAΛΩNE OΛOΓYPA THΣ.

Paperback

Published January 1, 2005

About the author

Anne Enright was born in Dublin, where she now lives and works. She has published three volumes of stories, one book of nonfiction, and five novels. In 2015, she was named the inaugural Laureate for Irish Fiction. Her novel The Gathering won the Man Booker Prize, and The Forgotten Waltz won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction.