The translation work of Papadiamantis is vast, but no one knows exactly its extent. Most of it has been published in printed form (newspapers, magazines, and books) that are generally difficult to access or rare. A large and particularly significant part remains unpublished.
In recent years, concerted efforts have been made to reissue the Papadiamantis translations in well-crafted editions. Reading them, apart from the pleasure of a language that largely retains the charm of Papadiamantis' writing, also provides us with the almost mathematical proof of Theotokas' words: "But in these books [i.e., those of Merlier and Katsimbalis] we discover a genuine artist with immense European education, a pioneer of his time (he was translating 'Crime and Punishment' in 1889, at a time when Dostoevsky was almost unknown in the West) [...]".
Manufacturer
- Authors
- Alexandros Papadiamantis, Jerome K. Jerome
- Publisher
- Armos
- Publishers
- Joint
- Skroutz Book Awards 2026
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- Type
- Fantasy, Classic Literature
- Cover
- Soft
- Number of Pages
- 112
- Release Date
- 01/03/2023
- Publication Date
- 2023
- Dimensions
- 12x17 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9789606155864
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