{"product_id":"the-boundless-garden-selected-short-stories-volume-i-papadiamandis-2007","title":"The Boundless Garden Selected Short Stories Volume I (Papadiamandis 2007)","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdited by Denise Harvey \u0026amp; Lambros Kamperidis\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlexandros Papadiamandis (1851–1911) lived in the midst of an uncertain age of transition for modern Greece. It was a period of post-Enlightenment turmoil that followed closely on the heels of Greece’s War of Independence, when the traditional old ways were being undermined and were fast disappearing under the pressure of the indiscriminate adoption of western mores and ideas. His reflections on and observations of some of the most complex facets of Greek life in both his native island of Skiathos and in urban Athens during this time define the modern Greek experience in a manner unattained by any of his now forgotten contemporaries. His loving attachment to the old traditional ways have marked him out for some as conservative, even reactionary, but it was an attachment tempered with an innate and deep understanding of how the past breathes life into the present, an understanding which is as relevant in our times as it was in his.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stories presented in this selection encompass the main and universal themes that best exemplify his work. In them he records and recreates that modern Greek experience as it was lived in its many perspectives... His was an authentic expression of a reality that he saw as a seamless whole in which man, whether or not he was conscious of it, spirits and the natural world all participate in a living liturgical now, ever moving towards their eternal source.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e332 pages; 6 x 9.5 inches\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Denise Harvey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50599460012229,"sku":"DH-BG1","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/6975\/1749\/files\/papadiamandis-stories-bgI-cover_a6.jpg?v=1790777251","url":"https:\/\/virginiamonks.org\/products\/the-boundless-garden-selected-short-stories-volume-i-papadiamandis-2007","provider":"St. Demetrios Monastery Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}