Apartment In Athens
by Glenway Wescott
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/No DJ.
- Seller
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Mulvane, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Edition Unstated, Presumed 1st, (War Book) Conformity with Government regulations for saving paper. Private library plate from the library of Kathleen Edminston, FPD. (Born: Dec 20, 1911. Died: July 13, 1998, Became City Commissioner of Wichita, Ks, Dec 12, 1985 when Margalee Wright resigned. Became Mayor April 9, 1985 to complete Robert G. Knight's unfinished term. She was Republican lobbyist, and a master politician who never ran for office herself.). Rough cut, tinge of toning else contents appear as unread & unblemished in black cloth covered boards displaying no significant surface/edge wear, as shown.
This is Wescott's last novel about a Nazi officer quartered with a simple middle-class Greek family, and the inhumanity of the Germans in their occupation of defeated countries.
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 compulsion--an account of political oppression and spiritual struggle that is also a parable about the costs of closeted identity. a moving novel about effect of the Nazi occupation on the Athenians Nazi's
Insurance & handling is included free. Extra Charges/Fees apply on Shipments Outside The U.S. and Expedited Shipments. Oversize and/or heavy books may require additional fees. Will advise Updated 3.31.2023 #2427-22119 Biblio 9.13.2020
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- Eve's Reads (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #2427-22119
- Title
- Apartment In Athens
- Author
- Glenway Wescott
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine/No DJ.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Ed, 1st Prtg
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Brothers, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1945
- Pages
- 268
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Nazi
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