June / Greece Reading Poll

I have just received a present from my brother: Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture by Apostolos Doxiadis. So I would like to nominate that title please.

Hey great idea bouquin :thumbs_up I love this book :) Mr Doxiadis is a scholar. If i am not mistaken he is a mathematician and this book is about mathematics (although one doesn't necessarilly have to understand mathematics in order to read the book). He is also involved with theater and cinema

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostolos_Doxiadis

I'm going to try my best to join this read. I'm very interested in several of the nominations. All I can say is that right now, I think this very moment, my mother-in-law is enjoying a cruise through the Greek islands, and I'm really really friggin jealous. :p :D

A cruise through the Greek islands??? Pfftttt! :p

Nothing beats the pleasure of discussing a book with the BC!

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I'm going to try my best to join this read. I'm very interested in several of the nominations. All I can say is that right now, I think this very moment, my mother-in-law is enjoying a cruise through the Greek islands, and I'm really really friggin jealous. :p :D

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If she doesn't get to visit Crete tell her to ask for a refund :p :)

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If she doesn't get to visit Crete tell her to ask for a refund :p :)

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I'll tell her, probably when she returns and has me salivating over the pictures. :D I don't know her itinerary.

I'm not sure if we don't have 10 already, but if not, I'd like to nominate And Dreams Are Dreams by Vassilis Vassilikos.

According to Amazon review, "There is a beauty in his words unsurpassed even by Beckett himself."

Now, doesn't that sound intriguing? ;)

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If she doesn't get to visit Crete tell her to ask for a refund :p :)

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Santorini shouldn't be missed, either, with it's spectacular sunsets.

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She visited both. She visited six islands in total. The only other ones I recall were Mikenos and Patmos. Don't know if i spelled those correctly.

Nominations so far:

1. Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis.

2. Captain Michalis by Nikos Kazantzakis".

3. Odyssey by Homer

4. Tales From a Greek Island by Alexandros Papadiamontis

5. The Third Wedding by Costas Taktsis

6. The Peloponnesian War by Thucydides

7. Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture by Apostolos Doxiadis

8. And Dreams Are Dreams by Vassilis Vassilikos

Helens have great poets, and not in list, is it for only novels?

Tractatus> Please read the previous posts in the thread. This question has already been dealt with. :)

Thanks, i have read; deal.

No poetry, except Odyssey. ;)
Kidding, it is important work.

no school in June so I could participate. Would it be too dorky to nominate The Republic of Plato?