The Marked Men - Softcover

Fakinos, Aris

3.56 out of 5 stars

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ISBN 10: 0871402637 ISBN 13: 9780871402639

Publisher: Liveright, 1972

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“Fakinos uses the story of Doliani to sketch in the ugly and tragic history of his country. . . . In this novel [he] emerges . . . as a significant Greek writer.”―The Nation

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Text: English, French (translation)

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“The Marked Men is a lament for Greece, the story of a handful of army deserters at the time of the Greek Civil War, trying to dig themselves in and defend a rural border village in the hope of rousing the countryside to a state of rebellion. . . . Mrs. Kazantzakis [in her foreword] is right to praise this novel's power, and she also might have asked, 'Have you ever heard of such a novel that takes place decades ago being banned in a country?' This is such a novel.”
- Book World

“Nearly every Greek is marked it seems: the Dolianites by geography, the priest psychologically, and Mandas merely because his father fought with a rightist wing of the Resistance. Among the burst skulls and aborted relationships there are some penetrating characterizations.”
- Kirkus Reviews

“Vividly and realistically conveys the terror and confusion of the civil war and the yearning of the ordinary people―a 2000-year dream―to be masters of their own destiny in a country at peace with itself and its neighbors.”
- Library Journal

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