Greek Fiction Books

Ένα Παιδί Μετράει τ' Άστρα

Author: Menelaos Lountemis

The night was thickening. The sound from the cypress trees had also diminished. The lamps of the sky lit up. Everything was milk... milk... a small treat... and sparks. The river murmured in its...

The night was thickening. The sound from the cypress trees had also diminished. The lamps of the sky lit up. Everything was milk... milk... a small treat... and sparks. The river murmured in its sleep, whispering quietly. That child did not sleep that night... the whole night. He wrote his most bitter, his greatest fairy tale... At dawn he set off. He was......

See Description & Specifications See Description & Specifications
  • Release 12/2014
  • Pages Pages 576
  • Cover Cover Soft
  • Publisher Publisher Patakis
14 10
Delivery by Tue, 21 Jul
14,00 €   shipping cost
Sent from Greece
From Booksite 4.9 (150)
Greece
6 pieces
See Books on the page of Booksite

Reviews (25)

Reviews

  1. 20
  2. 5
  3. 3 stars
    0
  4. 2 stars
    0
  5. 1 star
    0
Review this product
  • Paper quality
  • Was it easy to read?
  • Was it interesting enough?
  • I liked the writing style
  • I would read a book by the same author
  • I would recommend it for reading
  • gvairas1975
    5
    2 out of 2 members found this review helpful

    My first book in elementary school in 1985..
    One of the best of its kind, although it requires a little more intelligence than elementary school to understand it.

    Translated from Greek ·
    • Was it easy to read?
    • Was it interesting enough?
    • I liked the writing style
    • I would read a book by the same author
    • I would recommend it for reading
    Did you find this review helpful?
  • dimiiliop2004
    5
    3 out of 3 members found this review helpful

    I received it as a gift from elementary school to high school, but it was quite difficult to read due to the dialects it combines. I started reading it again at the end of high school. I believe that at that time it can be understood, appreciated, and spread its teachings better. One of the best literary works.

    Translated from Greek ·
    • Paper quality
    • Was it easy to read?
    • Was it interesting enough?
    • I liked the writing style
    • I would read a book by the same author
    • I would recommend it for reading
    Did you find this review helpful?
  • VASILIKI_SYSOURKA
    5
    4 out of 4 members found this review helpful

    I read it for the first time when I was 10 years old. I have to say that it is a bit difficult book, it is better for older children. Also, keep in mind that it contains profanities at some points (I say this because I know that many people intend it for children and they might be surprised if they are asked about the meaning of a curse word or if they start uttering various things). When I read it again, I understood its value. It depicts sarcastically, harshly, and bitterly the Greece of that era. It is one of my favorites.

    Translated from Greek ·
    Did you find this review helpful?
  • KONSTANTINA_KALLINIKOU
    4
    2 out of 18 members found this review helpful

    Verified purchase

    I bought it for my daughter (6th grade) because her teacher asked them to read it. I think it is more suitable for middle school children. Quite overrated.

    Translated from Greek ·
    Did you find this review helpful?
  • 5
    1 out of 1 members found this review helpful

    Verified purchase

    Perfect book both in terms of material and content. Wonderful classic!

    Translated from Greek ·
    • Paper quality
    • Was it easy to read?
    • Was it interesting enough?
    • I liked the writing style
    • I would read a book by the same author
    • I would recommend it for reading
    Did you find this review helpful?
  • 5
    1 out of 1 members found this review helpful

    If there is a book for children, this is it. Only that children are no longer children today...

    Translated from Greek ·
    Did you find this review helpful?
  • 5
    1 out of 1 members found this review helpful

    One of the most beautiful books, deeply moving, educational, wonderful!!! For both young and old children

    Translated from Greek ·
    Did you find this review helpful?
  • 5
    1 out of 1 members found this review helpful

    Simply wonderful!!!!
    I highly recommend it without hesitation!

    Translated from Greek ·
    • Paper quality
    • Was it easy to read?
    • Was it interesting enough?
    • I liked the writing style
    • I would read a book by the same author
    • I would recommend it for reading
    Did you find this review helpful?
  • 5
    4 out of 5 members found this review helpful

    Verified purchase

    What can we say about Menelaos Lountemis? An amazing book worth it

    Translated from Greek ·
    Did you find this review helpful?
  • 5
    5 out of 6 members found this review helpful

    Verified purchase

    Timeless value book...

    Translated from Greek ·
    Did you find this review helpful?
  • 5
    5 out of 6 members found this review helpful

    Verified purchase

    Perfect timeless book.

    Translated from Greek ·
    Did you find this review helpful?
  • 4
    1 out of 3 members found this review helpful

    Verified purchase

    It is very good for ages six to ten and not only.

    Translated from Greek ·
    Did you find this review helpful?
  • Verified purchase

  • Verified purchase

  • Verified purchase

  • Verified purchase

    • Paper quality
    • Was it easy to read?
    • Was it interesting enough?
    • I liked the writing style
    • I would read a book by the same author
    • I would recommend it for reading
  • Verified purchase

  • Verified purchase

  • Verified purchase

    • Paper quality
    • Was it easy to read?
    • Was it interesting enough?
    • I liked the writing style
    • I would read a book by the same author
    • I would recommend it for reading
  • Verified purchase

    • Paper quality
    • Was it easy to read?
    • Was it interesting enough?
    • I liked the writing style
    • I would read a book by the same author
    • I would recommend it for reading
    • Paper quality
    • Was it easy to read?
    • Was it interesting enough?
    • I liked the writing style
    • I would read a book by the same author
    • I would recommend it for reading
  • Verified purchase

  • My first book in elementary school in 1985..
    One of the best of its kind, although it requires a little more intelligence than elementary school to understand it.

    Translated from Greek ·
    2
  • I received it as a gift from elementary school to high school, but it was quite difficult to read due to the dialects it combines. I started reading it again at the end of high school. I believe that at that time it can be understood, appreciated, and spread its teachings better. One of the best literary works.

    Translated from Greek ·
    3
  • I read it for the first time when I was 10 years old. I have to say that it is a bit difficult book, it is better for older children. Also, keep in mind that it contains profanities at some points (I say this because I know that many people intend it for children and they might be surprised if they are asked about the meaning of a curse word or if they start uttering various things). When I read it again, I understood its value. It depicts sarcastically, harshly, and bitterly the Greece of that era. It is one of my favorites.

    Translated from Greek ·
    4
  • I bought it for my daughter (6th grade) because her teacher asked them to read it. I think it is more suitable for middle school children. Quite overrated.

    Translated from Greek ·
    2
  • Perfect book both in terms of material and content. Wonderful classic!

    Translated from Greek ·
    1
  • See all

Description & Specifications

The night was thickening. The sound from the cypress trees had also diminished. The lamps of the sky lit up. Everything was milk... milk... a small treat... and sparks. The river murmured in its sleep, whispering quietly. That child did not sleep that night... the whole night. He wrote his most bitter, his greatest fairy tale... At dawn he set off. He was... comforted. He had managed all night to count the stars... To count them all... slowly... one by one... All... And he got them right.

“... Lountemis wrote as he breathed, he never stopped... Almost every one of his books is a testimony from his long odyssey in exile – inside and outside of Greece... Now the children, when they count the stars, will know that what they miss is in their library.” Stratis Tsirkas

“Menelaos Lountemis was one of the beautiful minds of the generation of Romios writers who encapsulated in their works the thirst and struggles of our people for freedom, democracy, and humanism...” Diddo Sotiropoulou

“[...] Lountemis provides the poignant life experience he has gained in a world beautiful yet difficult, the intoxication of life that is called passion: love, pain, freedom, success, destruction. [...] He lets his heart speak again for its passions, drawing from the independent reservoir of his childhood experience.” Dimitris Raftopoulos

“A symbolic figure of a fighter for life, against injustice, which he experienced in the harshest way and fought with a child's stubbornness till the end. His message ‘to fight for what your heart says’ and ‘not to give up’ is the most timely message in our days. A message for both adults (parents – teachers), but mainly for children. Who are called to rebuild their colorful world, from the ruins we leave them mainly due to our tolerance of the most corrupt system for many decades.” magazine Ek-Paidevo, issue 27, September-October 2012

In the book you will meet

  • The struggle of a child for education against all odds.
  • The inexhaustible endurance and determination of the human soul.
  • The importance of solidarity and humanity.

Read an excerpt

The barefoot boy had now reached the bridge where the road met the river and formed a cross. From here he would pass, to slip into the dark neighborhoods. From this old bridge whose foundations tremble from the rushing water. This river, from tomorrow, will enter his small life. Because, further down, it goes and waters the little poplars that surround the schoolyard. It flows and brings around the white building and wraps it like a water-blue swaddle. From here, its red roof can be seen clearly, the two columns that stand upright in front of its door, its wide windows. How beautiful it will be inside there from tomorrow... The children will be able to have a cap with an owl on their heads and speak like grown-ups. This school was exactly like his dream. Its walls were just as white and its windows shone just as brightly on the lonely nights. That’s how it looked from his grassy bed...


Who was this boy? Who else?
Krif.*

Manufacturer

Product Guides

Book Excerpt

Author
Menelaos Lountemis
Publisher
Patakis
Type
Classic Literature
Cover
Soft
Number of Pages
576
Release Date
12/2014
Publication Date
2014
Dimensions
14x21 cm
ISBN-13
9789601660301

Important information

Specifications are collected from official manufacturer websites. Please verify the specifications before proceeding with your final purchase. If you notice any problem you can report it here.

Reviews (25)

  1. 20
  2. 5
  3. 3 stars
    0
  4. 2 stars
    0
  5. 1 star
    0
Review this product
  • Paper quality
  • Was it easy to read?
  • Was it interesting enough?
  • I liked the writing style
  • I would read a book by the same author
  • I would recommend it for reading
  • gvairas1975
    5
    2 out of 2 members found this review helpful

    My first book in elementary school in 1985..
    One of the best of its kind, although it requires a little more intelligence than elementary school to understand it.

    Translated from Greek ·
    • Was it easy to read?
    • Was it interesting enough?
    • I liked the writing style
    • I would read a book by the same author
    • I would recommend it for reading
    Did you find this review helpful?
  • dimiiliop2004
    5
    3 out of 3 members found this review helpful

    I received it as a gift from elementary school to high school, but it was quite difficult to read due to the dialects it combines. I started reading it again at the end of high school. I believe that at that time it can be understood, appreciated, and spread its teachings better. One of the best literary works.

    Translated from Greek ·
    • Paper quality
    • Was it easy to read?
    • Was it interesting enough?
    • I liked the writing style
    • I would read a book by the same author
    • I would recommend it for reading
    Did you find this review helpful?
  • VASILIKI_SYSOURKA
    5
    4 out of 4 members found this review helpful

    I read it for the first time when I was 10 years old. I have to say that it is a bit difficult book, it is better for older children. Also, keep in mind that it contains profanities at some points (I say this because I know that many people intend it for children and they might be surprised if they are asked about the meaning of a curse word or if they start uttering various things). When I read it again, I understood its value. It depicts sarcastically, harshly, and bitterly the Greece of that era. It is one of my favorites.

    Translated from Greek ·
    Did you find this review helpful?
  • KONSTANTINA_KALLINIKOU
    4
    2 out of 18 members found this review helpful

    Verified purchase

    I bought it for my daughter (6th grade) because her teacher asked them to read it. I think it is more suitable for middle school children. Quite overrated.

    Translated from Greek ·
    Did you find this review helpful?
  • 5
    1 out of 1 members found this review helpful

    Verified purchase

    Perfect book both in terms of material and content. Wonderful classic!

    Translated from Greek ·
    • Paper quality
    • Was it easy to read?
    • Was it interesting enough?
    • I liked the writing style
    • I would read a book by the same author
    • I would recommend it for reading
    Did you find this review helpful?
  • 5
    1 out of 1 members found this review helpful

    If there is a book for children, this is it. Only that children are no longer children today...

    Translated from Greek ·
    Did you find this review helpful?
  • 5
    1 out of 1 members found this review helpful

    One of the most beautiful books, deeply moving, educational, wonderful!!! For both young and old children

    Translated from Greek ·
    Did you find this review helpful?
  • 5
    1 out of 1 members found this review helpful

    Simply wonderful!!!!
    I highly recommend it without hesitation!

    Translated from Greek ·
    • Paper quality
    • Was it easy to read?
    • Was it interesting enough?
    • I liked the writing style
    • I would read a book by the same author
    • I would recommend it for reading
    Did you find this review helpful?
  • 5
    4 out of 5 members found this review helpful

    Verified purchase

    What can we say about Menelaos Lountemis? An amazing book worth it

    Translated from Greek ·
    Did you find this review helpful?
  • 5
    5 out of 6 members found this review helpful

    Verified purchase

    Timeless value book...

    Translated from Greek ·
    Did you find this review helpful?
  • 5
    5 out of 6 members found this review helpful

    Verified purchase

    Perfect timeless book.

    Translated from Greek ·
    Did you find this review helpful?
  • 4
    1 out of 3 members found this review helpful

    Verified purchase

    It is very good for ages six to ten and not only.

    Translated from Greek ·
    Did you find this review helpful?
  • Verified purchase

  • Verified purchase

  • Verified purchase

  • Verified purchase

    • Paper quality
    • Was it easy to read?
    • Was it interesting enough?
    • I liked the writing style
    • I would read a book by the same author
    • I would recommend it for reading
  • Verified purchase

  • Verified purchase

  • Verified purchase

    • Paper quality
    • Was it easy to read?
    • Was it interesting enough?
    • I liked the writing style
    • I would read a book by the same author
    • I would recommend it for reading
  • Verified purchase

    • Paper quality
    • Was it easy to read?
    • Was it interesting enough?
    • I liked the writing style
    • I would read a book by the same author
    • I would recommend it for reading
    • Paper quality
    • Was it easy to read?
    • Was it interesting enough?
    • I liked the writing style
    • I would read a book by the same author
    • I would recommend it for reading
  • Verified purchase

  • My first book in elementary school in 1985..
    One of the best of its kind, although it requires a little more intelligence than elementary school to understand it.

    Translated from Greek ·
    2
  • I received it as a gift from elementary school to high school, but it was quite difficult to read due to the dialects it combines. I started reading it again at the end of high school. I believe that at that time it can be understood, appreciated, and spread its teachings better. One of the best literary works.

    Translated from Greek ·
    3
  • I read it for the first time when I was 10 years old. I have to say that it is a bit difficult book, it is better for older children. Also, keep in mind that it contains profanities at some points (I say this because I know that many people intend it for children and they might be surprised if they are asked about the meaning of a curse word or if they start uttering various things). When I read it again, I understood its value. It depicts sarcastically, harshly, and bitterly the Greece of that era. It is one of my favorites.

    Translated from Greek ·
    4
  • I bought it for my daughter (6th grade) because her teacher asked them to read it. I think it is more suitable for middle school children. Quite overrated.

    Translated from Greek ·
    2
  • Perfect book both in terms of material and content. Wonderful classic!

    Translated from Greek ·
    1
  • See all
14,10 €
14,00 €   shipping cost