ELENI
"If Eleni
were fiction, it would bear the mark of genius...A devoted and brilliant
achievement...It is impossible to doubt a word of his terrible story...The
separate strands lead to an intensely moving climax, making Eleni
one of the rate books in which the power of art recreates the full
historical truth."
The
New York Review of Books
"Part thriller,
part history, part romantic epic...Eleni is a remarkable
feat of technique and of soul."
Time
"A story assigned
by fate ...minutely observed and eloquently rendered.."
The
New York Times
"This is a
Greek tragedy in its most poignant sense, a series of adversities
that is so overwhelming and appalling that the reader will feel
as if his heart is being torn out, page by page."
San
Diego Union
"A painstaking,
loving and deeply moving narrative...A stirring tribute to a particular
woman...and at the same time a memorial to all the civilians who
suffer in every war."
Cosmopolitan
"Full of humorouos,
ironic, sad touches, this extraordinary, moving saga reflects one
family's attempt to balance assimilation with the preservation of
Old-World traditions."
Chicago
Sun-Times
"Eleni
sears its way into a reader's consciousness. Honest, moving and
compelling, vivid and powerful...In finding his mother, his past
and--one hopes---peace, Gage has given us an unforgettable book
about love, hate, and the cruelties of war."
Newsday
"Remarkable...brilliant...unique...Eleni
lives through this book."
USA
Today
"The narrative
is close to Hemingway's best...an entirely absorbing personal
calamity...minutely and terrifying depicted."
The
London Times
"A tour de
force...self evidently powerful and true."
The
Guardian
"A book of
burning intensity, made the more searing because...all the names,
places and dates are real."
The
Financial Times
"This essential,
shattering book...makes for compelling, at times overwhelming,
reading."
The
Economist
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