Panos Karnezis'remarkable stories are all set in the same nameless Greek village. His characters are the people who live there - the priest,the barber,the whore,the doctor,the seamstress,the mayor - and the occasional animal: a centaur,a parrot that recites Homer,a horse called History. Their lives intersect,as lives do in a small place,and they know each other's secrets - the hidden crimes,the mysteries,the little infamies that men commit. Karnezis observes his villagers with a forgiving eye,and creates a world where magic invariably loses out to harsh reality,a world at once universal,funny and utterly compelling.
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Publisher: Vintage PublishingISBN: 9780099433521Number of pages: 288Weight: 202 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 17 mm
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Karnezis has captured the spirit of his people and spoken for them in a spellbinding,universal voiceKarnezis's robust prose,as luminous and flinty as his landscape,sharpens his focus on captive souls in a lonely placeStrikingly original... The stories in Little Infamies are extraordinary - shocking,colourful and resonant. Panos Karnezis is an entirely individual writer in full command of his materialA deeply impressive collection of short stories
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