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Author: ΦΑΚΙΝΟΥ, ΕΥΓΕΝΙΑ
Published: 1991
ISBN: 978-960-04-0483-8
Pages: 240
Shape: 12 Χ 19,5
Original title: Αστραδενή
Original language: Ελληνικά
Translation: Criton, H.E.
Weight: 305.00 γραμ.
Soft cover
Sort order: MODERN GREEK WRITERS

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«Grandma Eleni says it's my name, Astradeni, that's to blame, because Astradeni means "the one who binds the stars". And who, other than a fairy creature, can bind the stars? I don't tell anyone this, of course...»  Symi, the small island near Rhodes, is where the eleven-year-old heroine of this novel grows up, until financial reasons oblige the family to move to Athens. Astradeni leaves behind a close-knit community, a natural setting that stimulates her imagination, and a rich store of traditional values in which both religion and magic lore have their place. The author lets her tell her own story with winning charm and candour in a style that allows her sensitivity and the sparkle of her intelligence to shine through. 

A born storyteller, Astradeni supplies vivid details of the life and human relations on a remote Aegean island, as well as her efforts to adapt to the hard and alienating conditions of city life. For beneath the surface charm of a young girl's narrative the reader is in fact witnessing a painful process of social change, the violence done to the sense of values of individuals experiencing an abrupt transition from a traditional agrarian culture to a competitive, industrialised society of consumers.