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Apartment in Athens
Apartment in Athens | Glenway Wescott
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A bestseller in 1945, this book has been out of print for over thirty years Like Wescotts extraordinary novella The Pilgrim Hawk (which Susan Sontag described in The New Yorker as belonging among the treasures of 20th-century American literature), Apartment in Athens concerns an unusual triangular relationship. In this story about a Greek couple in Nazi-occupied Athens who must share their living quarters with a German officer, Wescott stages an intense and unsettling drama of accommodation and rejection, resistance and compulsionan account of political oppression and spiritual struggle that is also a parable about the costs of closeted identity.
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sisilia
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4⭐️ Fascinating life episode of a Greek family being forced to billet a German officer. The depiction of emotions squeezed my heart, reaffirming my aversion to war of any kind.

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sisilia
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Reading this for the Chinese New Year holiday ☺️

新年快乐🍾️🎊

Redwritinghood 🎊🎊 5y
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Leftcoastzen
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Happy October! These are my picks for November selection of #NYRBBookClub . Time for the club to vote.🙂
And thanks to @Aimeesue and @Billypar for joining the conversation on the Hardwick, I really enjoyed your insights!Voting open to original members till we get through the first round, right @vivastory ?

LeahBergen Oooo, I love voting day!! These all sound SO GOOD. I‘m going to have to go for the one I‘ve wanted to read for ages now 5y
Aimeesue Oh, I do apologise for busting in uninvited. I didn't realize this was a sort of closed group. I can see why, given the voting, though. A thousand apologies! 5y
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Leftcoastzen @Aimeesue Oh , please stay ! We are a welcoming group, really enjoyed your input. 5y
Aimeesue @Leftcoastzen I will definitely continue to follow along! I just don't want to step on anyone's toes. Lovely discush! 5y
LeahBergen @Aimeesue Oh, not at all! The discussion is open to everyone on Litsy. It‘s only the voting that is restricted to this group of people. I believe @vivastory is going to open the group up to new (voting) members when this first round of picks is finished. Keep reading with us! 😘 5y
saresmoore I just have to vote for Judith Hearne because my husband‘s name is Bryan Moore! 😄 5y
Rachel_nyc Another difficult choice! I‘ve added all to my TBR but I‘ll vote for 5y
Reviewsbylola I‘m mostly voting for the cover. 🤣🤣 5y
mklong They all look good, but this one is just too beautiful to pass up (edited) 5y
batsy So exciting, I too love voting day 😁 They all look amazing but my vote is for the one I've been meaning to read for awhile 5y
Leftcoastzen I apologize to @sisilia because I know she‘s read this but I just loved the description,though I really want to read them all (not voting not sure if I‘m allowed cuz I picked just mentioning) (edited) 5y
sisilia Hahaha no worries @Leftcoastzen 😘 I really loved Judith Hearne; amazing writing and story. And i enjoy the discussions with you guys... not to forget that I have many other NYRB titles in my TBR 🙈 5y
vivastory @Aimeesue I've greatly enjoyed your insights in our discussions. I hope you continue to chime in & once the group opens up after this round I hope you join! 5y
batsy @GatheringBooks That one sounds so good. 5y
vivastory These all sound great! I'm voting for 5y
BarbaraBB Such a great selection, thanks @Leftcoastzen ! My vote is for 5y
merelybookish Happy to read any of them but my vote goes to 5y
youneverarrived Great choices! They all sound interesting. My choice is 5y
MicheleinPhilly 🤔 My vote is for 5y
Aimeesue @vivastory @LeahBergen I‘ll happily continue to read along! I've been in a couple closed groups in the past, and I understand the need -you can't have random everybodies showing up to vote and then vanish - so I wanted to make sure! (edited) 5y
Liz_M Am I too late? If I'm not too late I vote for The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne! 5y
Leftcoastzen Hey @vivastory do I vote or cuz I picked them ,no? 5y
vivastory @Leftcoastzen No, the person who makes the selections should not vote, unless there's a tie 5y
sprainedbrain If I‘m not too late, I vote for 5y
vivastory @sprainedbrain nope! In fact your vote helped determined the winner 😂 5y
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