A young boy faces the trials of war and growing up during the Greek Civil War

The Heroic Age

HAVIARAS, Stratis

History

Penguin??Books

When The Tree Sings

Literature & Fiction

Simon and Schuster (1979)

When the Tree Sings

Pan Books, Ltd.

The cover of this book is deceptively pastoral, because a world of casual brutality as well as timeless beauty awaits within its pages. Set in a Greek village during the Second World War, firmly under Nazi occupation, the story is seen & recalled through the memories of a boy, well aware of cruelty & injustice, yet also aware of the golden haze of tradition & imagination. It's written in remarkable prose, which utilizes bold, even harsh strokes of sunlight & shadow, while maintaining a gorgeous lyricism. The senses are all engaged in palpable detail & immediacy, so that the reader is there in the midst of all that happens. At times this is almost unbearable; but such is the author's skill that we continue reading anyway.

Ballantine Books

WHEN TREE SINGS

Simon&Schuster

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United States

Literary

Paul Dry Books

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