 "Tragoudi
gia tris"
(A Song for Three)
Patakis, 1992 - 15th edition 2008
Distinction:
IBBY Greece Award
ISBN:
960-293-692-4
Summary:
Could a song ever link the lives of three
persons? This is something two close friends, Christina
and Philippos, a girl and a boy of 14, will try to find
out while preparing a school performance for the World
War II Remembrance Day. They decide to meet some people
who have lived through those hard years; to tape-record
their memories of the Athens occupation by the Nazis,
and the activities of the various Greek resistance groups.
Their research will reveal the details of a tragic story
and a secret still affecting the lives of its protagonists. |
Reviews:
"... The author uses her powerful and clear
way of writing, her ability to penetrate the soul, her
historical knowledge, and more generally her genius as
a writer, to sculpture the heroic profile of our tormented
and proud people..."
Ioannis Theoharis, PROINOS LOGOS (newspaper) - Ioannina,
18 March 1992
"... Yet another novel by the well known author,
who - with her perfect technique, wonderful language
and flowing narration - manages to link the past with
the present, whilst reviving a certain era and putting
forward contemporary values. A Song for Three is
also a book the heroes of which link it to other novels
by Loty Petrovits, such as A House for
Five, Wrong, Mr. Neuger! The Little Brother, etc. From
one book to another, Loty Petrovits builds
her own world, completes the picture of her own characters
- creations of her literary imagination."
Manos Kondoleon, DIADROMES quarterly - Athens, Spring
1992
"... Through her new novel for adolescents, Loty
Petrovits suggests a deeply human attitude
towards the events that marked the recent past and still
determine -to an extent- the present and the future."
DIAVAZO literary magazine, No 290 Athens, 24 June 1992
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